Merchant sunk by someone else?

[Stiebler]

Bert8for3 said:

Beats me if I was near a minefield, wouldn't have though so, since I was about 40 km east of the English coast (I think Lowestoft is the closest city on the map).

You said also that you're using RUb. If it's version 1.45, you have definitely passed over a minefield. The minefields spread all along the British East coast up to 100-150 km out. The mines are set to (at least) 8 metres deep, so you can pass over them in good weather. But in a storm, when the water goes up and down (but the mine doesn't)....!

Stiebler.