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Old 11-11-06, 04:48 AM   #31
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Seriously, 1 hour sinking time for a ship is totally reasonable.

I read an account of a ship torped off of nc coast during ww1-ship broke in two and stern section sank--but crew survived by staying on bow section which stayed afloat -believe it was for a day and a half- before the bow section finally washed up on the beach

In that regard--nuke proof could be considered reasonable .
In unusual and isolated cases yes indeed. For most cases sinking times should be under two hours.
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