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Originally Posted by Platapus
Not a very big ship. 
Since each Mk-14 weighs about 1.5 tons you hardly got your bait back. |
Actually, tonnage isn't a measure of weight, it's a measure of volume. 1 tonne = 100 cubic feet of enclosed volume (Excluding certain spaces like engine rooms and so on). Based on the size of a wine cask or something like that. A torpedo would probably have a tonnage close to 0 (I guess if you count the warhead
Warships are usually measured in terms of their displacement, so in that case, it's a matter of weight. (Warships don't have revenue-generating spaces, so their tonnages would be about 0)
Gigantic pet peeve of mine. (And I probably have even less friends)
And on a related note, let me introduce the
Flare
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Originally Posted by TSB Report, Sec. 1.2
The stern section (Of the FLARE) sank in about half an hour. As it was sinking, some of the crew on the port side of the poop deck saw the bow of a vessel apparently approaching on a near reciprocal course. Their immediate impression was that a rescue vessel was at hand; however, they were dismayed to find that it was the bow section of the "FLARE". The propeller was still turning and had likely caused the stern section to follow an erratic course which returned it to the vicinity of the separated bow section.
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