[Quote] Also, you could have just used your deck gun to finish her off, stationary target is easy to hit, better than wasting that many fish.Aim for waterline with deck gun, works well.
Not when you have machine guns and a deck cannon fireing back at you

Too risky IMO. This baby was well armed! I understand everything you mentioned in your above reply. But seven torpedoes is excessive for any merchant. I'll chalk it up to one of those "fog of war" things.