[booger2005]

Originally Posted by Wulfmann

Then the model is incorrect. Look at the demensions. Displacement means water displaced by the object. the water removed and replaced by the ship weighs???
Look at the length, width and depth. The T2 can not be 8,000 tons and still use the model and demension in SH3.

Then, consider how many there would be available in convoys. Since the highest scoring U-Boat ace averaged 16,000 tons per patrol and the highest single mission score was 89K we (if we seek realistic results) need to find ways to reduce out scores. If, if realsim is a goal.

Wulfmann

Hold on there. I posted this a while ago in the mod request for more ship types thread:

Originally Posted by booger2005

No, if a ship is in equilibrium, i.e. floating and not sinking or rising, then the weight of water it displaces is equal to the weight of the entire ship not just the portion under water. Its the volume of the water displaced that's equal to the volume of the ship underwater. Its Archimedes’ principle. I know where you are comming from though, I read something abut that somewhere where there is a difference in shipping records between the deadweight tonnage or actual weight of a ship as would be measured on a scale and the weight of water the ship displaces. However, this rediculous from a scientific point of view. Here, read this.

http://www.bartleby.com/65/ar/Archimprin.htm

Gross registered tonnage is something entirely different, being a measure of volume. Its this value on the T2 that I refered to, not displacement.

Here, I've since found this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonnage

So are you saying by the deminsions the T2 doesn't have the volume to equal 9900 GRT?

Let me refine my comments some more. The dimensions for the T2 in the museum are about that of the standard real life T2 tanker (501 feet long) but with too narrow a beam compared to real life (62 vs 68 feet). The origional GRT of the T2 however corresponded to the common, mass produced version, the T2-SE-A1, wich had a longer length of 523 feet. So I would agree that the GRT for our T2 should be somewhat under 9900.

BTW, without SHIII commander open up the ships cfg file (root/data/Sea/NOTM_T2 or whatever)


[Unit]
ClassName=OTMST2
UnitType=101
MaxSpeed=14.5
Length=152.7
Width=18.8
Mast=35
Draft=9.5
Displacement=7791
RenownAwarded=7791

[2DCompartments]
UnitPos=42,2,431,25
NbOfComp=4
Name1=Propulsion
Area1=58,5,30,18
Name2=Keel
Area2=164,2,187,10
Name3=Engines Room
Area3=107,13,52,18
Name4=Fuel Bunkers
Area4=161,13,30,18

Edit whats in bold to the new tonnage