According to my 'sources' the level of difficulty to sink a ship at the time also depended on the structure and 'architecture' of the ship i.e. a rivetted ship took longer in a lot of cases because plates have more flexibility and can pivot across the rivets whereas a welded ship is more rigid and less 'give and take' from any kind of impact.
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