Lost at sea

[Safe-Keeper]

So I went for the British Supplies mission and set out, and decided to cut south of Scapa Flow to save time and diesel. My watch officer says he can see smoke on the horizon, but I see nothing and ignore him, for then to go below-deck and up time compression, taking part of the run at periscope depth to see if there are hostiles near me.

I surface the boat, and all of a sudden I get damage reports, and when I check the "Sub-Systems" screen, my hull integrity is down to 47%. What happened? Did I hit a mine? I run for the ladder, and as I climb I hear explosions or gunfire... and when I'm almost at the hatch, I see a British flag above me.

I reach the top of the conning tower just in time to see a destroyer go past the boat at flank speed, as damage reports flood in... then the screen goes black.

Not too much of an achievement. No objectives completed save from the tutorial mission, only halfway though Coastal Waters with 25 000 tonnes sunk (mostly owing to me being inexperienced with the new TDC system)... Guess I'll just have to Be more aggressive! (I also had a tendency to ignore targets not in my mission area).