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Originally Posted by melnibonian
2. Where the target is hit is important. A hit very close to the bow usually is not too damaging as there are no vital compartments there. Hit a ship in the engine room or the fule bunker and you will do massive damage.
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Strange as I find hitting a ship in the bow area to be quite effective. Only this morning I sent a large merchant to the bottom with a single torpedo set to impact and a running depth of 4 metres which hit in the bow area.
To answer the original question, I find smaller ships can be more resilient and as another poster commented, passenger cargo ships are hard to sink with one torpedo, you need at least two hits on these ships in my experience. As for small merchants and tramp steamers a single hit in the bow normally dispatches them. If I hit these ships around the centre I find they stay afloat a good percentage of the time and need a further torpedo to finish them off.
Nemo