[TorpX]

I would go along with what the others have said, and add this. The game is less than brilliant when it comes to assigning missions (among other things). If I get a mission which is extremely difficult, impossible, or just plain doesn't make sense, I consider that the orders were "garbled in transmission", and ignore them.

If you fulfill one, or maybe two, assigned missions, and work your patrol area well (meaning you sink some ships), that is a good patrol, historically.