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Originally Posted by Gryffon300
Great story, BH.  I can see it all. (Though HOW any tanker, full of volatiles, survives any explosive hit, I can't fathom - pumped-in CO 2 notwithstanding.) Your last image puts me in mind of a great final scene (where the evil slime-ball gets his come-uppence) in that oldy, but goody by Wilbur Smith, 'Hungry as the Sea'. Must re-read that.
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Well tanker I spoke of was loaded with "Freight" not fuel or ammo.The big boom came from exploding the boilers. When they have fuel, they explode quite nicely when hit them just right.During night surface attack, fired 3 fish each at two big tankers, they both exploded after one torpedo.They were 500 yards apart, it looked like one massive fireball, it took out the poor Type A CD as well as a small taihosan maru freighter, so four ships went down.Always fun when that happens.