Ha, I had the very same thing, large convoy between Brighton and the Isle of Wight, followed them for ages waiting for darkness, then approached with just the conning tower above sea level, had a good peek around and spotted Rodney, sent off 3 fish, turned sharp right and sent off another at a Southampton Class steaming straight for me, all 3 hit Rodney where it hurts and the fourth got the Southampton just as it was turning to avoid, The Southampton went down real quick, Rodney slowed and about an hour later keeled over and sank. I made a hasty escape and was surprised that no hunting party was out to get me. How glad was I, and what tonnage. This is what it's all about I thought, then, flicker, black screen, the dreaded message "Silent Hunter 3 has occured a problem and had to close, Send report / Dont send".
Stop press, same thing last night, marvellous patrol, 16 kills, 36000 tons, all red markers around U.K. I'm going east from Scapa-Flow heading home, nav-maps running at 2fps at 256 TC and it's a real drag, I get close to Heglioland, last lap, not long now me thinks and, flicker, black screen, dreaded message. How sick was I.
Herr Trigger.
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