Well I did engage and destroy the warburton-lee group, I cant specifically remember but i really think i used flank speed at some point or other. anyway, its a challenging thing to be met by malfunctions like this. my boat seemed slow before the destroyer runs but afterwards she was even slower, if that makes sense
oh and i just want to share this:
the taskforce returned, i was trying to get into position but i was too far away. i watched all those destroyers sail by on the horizon
but wait... where was the Nelson?
turns out she must have engine trouble as well, perhaps from that 1 torpedo i got under her keel before all the trouble started
sonar contact way behind the escorts, got in position in time to fire my last 2 torpedoes from 1500 meters
boom, dead, done
now limping back to base, gonna take a while but the navigator says we can make it, we still have half of our fuel left.
thanks for all the help, glad to still be alive