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Originally Posted by Erich dem Roten
I'm sure that ID books could be used to get a tonnage estimate, but to write down "5083 tons" seems a bit precise. I mean, if it was an attack at night or in bad weather, unless they could positively identify the ship it seems like it would be a best guess.
Looking back to a couple books I've read recently about subs, including Werner's 'Iron Coffins' and a book about the U.S.S. Tang (Richard O'Kane's boat) it seems many times firing solutions were made quickly and under tremendous stress. How historically accurate are the numbers we see today?
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They 'guesstimated' more often then not..
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Originally Posted by Hardegen
The bridge was burning and it was therefore not possible to use the radio. He seems bigger than NORNESS, especially the superstructure on the stern. Amazingly long. He is surely 10,000 grt.
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As Dietrich said, once the type and the dimensions are roughly known, they were usually not too far off.