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Originally Posted by JScones
Yep. And it shouldn't. The Rec Manual lists the "indicative" (and if I'm correct, "empty") tonnage. The sunk tonnage will include cargo and the like.
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if I am reading this correctly, this is not correct. Tonnage credit was for the ship only. Cargo was not part of the calculations for ship tonnage credit. An empty Coastal Merchant is equal to a fully laden Coastal Merchant.
Ex. The Norwegian tanker Italia, sunk 14/06/40 by U38, has a GRT of 9,973 tnns. it carried a cargo of 13,000 tnns of petrol. U38 would receive credit for sinking a 10,000 tonner, not 23,000 tonnes for cargo included.