couple of curiosities

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Exiting Wilhelmshaven on my next patrol I see a commerce raider approaching from starboard at 15kts. Hmmm, I've never tried this in SH3, let's see what happens. Ahead full so he will cross our bow at around 500m, ahead slow and fire two torpedoes (no one says a word about attacking our own navy). Two hits and he's down by the stern but still making 2kts, one more torpedo and down he goes. Message says "friendly vessel sunk", but that's all ...no reprimands, no loss of renown ...nothing. All stop and send a patrol report. An hour later comes a savage castigation from BdU - "Keep up the good work". ??? I guess I'd have gotten a promotion if I'd sunk the Bismarck.

Exit and reload, leave the commerce raider alone and head for the channel. That poor ship can't get a break, he steams across the bay at 15kts and plows headlong into the shore at the SE corner of the channel ...and sinks. (I didn't touch him! Look, all my ammo is still on board!)

Continuing my patrol I encounter no targets til near Scotland - a coastal merchant. Easily getting into position I put a torpedo dead amidships on the port side. A satisfying explosion, a huge plume of water, the ship heels so far to starboard I thought it was going to capsize, it rocks back and forth briefly .....then continues at speed while a crewman tells me, "torpedo missed, sir". What!! "Torpedo missed"?!?!? What was that big "BOOM" we heard? What was the big geyser of water? What was that ship rolling til it nearly capsized?