The first settings are the hit points of the torpedo and the second the blast radius. IIRC they are in meters. A very stong torpedo to take each ship in the game would be 800-900 and 10-15.
Is you set the radius more than 200-300 meters, then you are commiting suicide, since the blast radius reaches you too (If you are withing 200-300 m., of course).
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