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Originally Posted by KeptinCranky
Another thing to ponder...those poor armed trawlers really aren't fast enough to get away from their own depth charges, especially in shallow water, it will frequently happen that they blow their own DC racks off and sometimes even sustain enough damage to eventually sink. They will also damage or destroy their own screws, hence dead in the water....
I've seen this happen several times, even with flower corvettes in very rough weather, they simply can't make enough speed to get away.
Crewing on an armed trawler is a thankless job anyhow, they're not really warships after all and can't stand up to anything that is, I once took the time to look up a list of ships lost by the Royal Navy during WW2 and the humble armed trawler had a disproportionate number lost.
If you compare the firepower on a Liberty Ship to an armed trawler you'll notice the Liberty Ship is far more dangerous in a surface engagement
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Now that makes sense I had the same experience on the weekend. He just sat there so I sank him. Which turned out to be a dumb move. As I was returning to my grid I spied a Large Merchant and I only had 1 eel left in the tube. Managed to hit it but it didnt sink. Lesson learned