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Old 10-09-06, 02:06 PM   #11
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Yes, I recall that they flooded these bulkheads before detonation so she would sink on an even keel. She was the unsinkable ship for sure! No matter as they blown holes throughout the entire keel. I believe with that many holes at the exact same time blown she would have gone down quickly. My point here is the people who believe that GW sinking model is off. I think it is darn close to the real thing. People always say I read this ship or that ship went down with one torpedo. Sure, the writer wants excitment so the one torpedo fireworks is a great read. I'm sure most do not want to read about 5 hours of chasing a half sunken ship around. I believe GW is dead on with the sinking model(with exception of that darn tramp steamer with the Klingon cloaking device or something to keep it floating).
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