Hi ruskoz
Disable your mods in JSGME
Go to TDW's Options File Editor Viewer and open the UI tab.
Select the SH5 Enhanced
Some gamers do not like this UI as the speed indicators are 1 step out but your message box confirms your speed.
The trouble with the SH3 UI is that it does not show your course very well and also changing course is slow.
You can use the mouse wheel in the middle section of the SH5 rectangular compass seen in the picture below and it will change the degrees by 5 on each click.
There are many changes that can be made in the OFEV to suit your game play so it is worth going through the patches and seeing what they offer.
You have the option to use the harbor pilot to take your u-boat out of the harbors.
You can see this in the Category list.
Peter