Hello again, replying to my own thread for an update on the matter.
Blackswan40 was kind enough to provide a copy of Silent Hunter 3 from a dvd installation.

At first i had some issues with this too, mainly Windows Defender purging the sh3.exe file. My game still crashed when approaching the convoy i mentioned, but after reverting the save i havent crashed once.
I think that steam's version doesn't get along with my computer. Thanks again Blackswan40, you helped a lot!