Is it dead?

[CapZap1970]

Originally Posted by Nuoz

Now this is odd. I hit a tanker with two torpedos. I had only 2 avaiable at the time and was waiting for a reload. Meanwhile i saved and went to my usual business. When i came back and wanted to play some more i loaded the game and still it was the tanker... i was 8m from a tube reload when... he went down! he sank probably from the previous 2 torpedos (or was it the rough weather? or both?!). The thing is i didnt get credit for it! I'm running no other mods than SH commander and GWX patched with "My favorite dials". I'm 100% realistic and that miss is a major event. Please comment.

As far as I understand, you have to be within a 50 Km radius of your prey to get the credit for that kill.
Now, in your case, SH3 might have considered that ship a kill while you were far away of it (more than 50 Km) and you arrived just when it was going down.
The other option is that another u-boat or aircraft finished your job in your absence.
Those are the only 2 possible explanations that I can think of.
CapZap