Things that make you go Ahhh ****

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Gargamel

Thought they were supposed to let you surrender.

The game doesn't - if the boat dies, you die.

But SH3 Commander will let you alter the record outside the game:

As Silent Hunter III does not support surrendering within careers, SH3 Commander gives you the ability to mark "Lost at sea" careers as "Surrendered at sea" if you were surfaced with crew on the bridge when your U-boat was destroyed.

I have never done this but I assume it's among the options you would be able to choose from in the "Status" line on the right side of the Commander interface, once your career has ended and provided the circumstances were as decribed above. If you click on the text in the status line and there are options available they should appear for you to choose from.