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Originally Posted by IcyWaters
I am sure that is an extreme example though, Sailor Steve!
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Of course it is, but you expressed the opinion that one torpedo should sink a ship. Often it is, but if you have a look through here
http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/listing.php you'll see that many times they had to give them the coup-de-grace, and sometimes more than one. some ships sank in minutes and others took hours, or even days. There were ships that didn't sink at all, and were salvaged by the crew and managed to reach shore.
I could have just said that you shouldn't expect to sink a ship with one torpedo, but I prefer to give facts and examples.