My first patrol.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by PvtJamoo

So I set out, had an uninteresting 2km trip to my patrol zone. Had an uninteresting patrol with nothing happening. Set a safe path back to base, avoiding all the islands. Come back from getting soda, and I hit an unmapped island only 60km from base.

Damn.

How far were you zoomed in on the Nav Map view?

Because there are some small islets that do not show up until you zoom in close enough.

Take it from me, there are at least two around the west side of northern Britain on my usual patrol route, and I now know EXACTLY where they are from having nearly run aground on them by plotting my course right through them without having zoomed in close enough the first time through there.

I also ran aground once by plotting a course too near the shore without zooming in close enough to see the finer details of the shoreline.

Now when I plot a course through unfamiliar waters or close to land I always zoom in close to make sure I'm not inadvertantly heading straight for some bit of earth I didn't know was there.

Edit: You weren't anywhere near Helgoland, were you? If you "died at sea" while near there after the war starts it's possible you hit a mine. The British laid mines in that area, so always take a wide berth around it.