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Originally Posted by Safe-Keeper
I always wondered how on Earth you know exactly how much tonnage you sink, too. But I can't think of a fix, either.
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In diverse readings I've found out that maybe about 50% of the time or more, submariners could find out which ship they had sunk (by reading the name, by intercepting radio SSS or other distress calls from the ship, etc.), and find its tonnage at the Lloyd's registry books they carried aboard. As for newer ships not included in those books or ships not identified, well they just guessed based on ship type, and usually ended up with happily "enbiggened" (Simpsons quote
numbers.
My 2 euro cents!