[Dogfish40]

Originally Posted by Daniel Prates

That would make sense, if it is an intentional feature. I thing that exploding ships would give little survival chance for crewmen on lower decks.

Yes, Good point. It's just that type of thing, Violent explosions, the ship sinks quickly, no time to get any big lifeboats off. Maybe, a life-raft. I also am seeing a lot of empty life boats and rafts with no survivors.
Just for the sake of mentioning; I'm collecting more and more instances of ships sunk during the war, sinking very fast. Some of these ships did actually "Blow sky high" in the words of the Skippers. So most of the unfortunates on board would have very little time if they were anywhere but on deck.
Good Hunting.
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