[the.terrabyte.pirate]

Fantastic pictures. I've never seen the damage to torped ships before. I don't have the camera view activated.

If I'm running on impact, I aim at the front of the vessel between the stem and the first mast back. I'm not sure if the game is able to differentiate between the different flooding charecteristics of a hit to the bow vs a hit to the stern, so I kinda do it out of habit as it seems more reliable.

If I'm running magnetic, I'll usually aim under the smokestack, or just in front of it. It'll take a while to sink, but hopefully it'll flood the engine room so that it won't go far in the meantime.

The closes I've come to a cataclysmic keel buster was a coastal merchant with a magnetic eel directly under the smokestack. She took about 40 minutes to settle in the water before I got the "she's going down" message. I watched her sink for about 5 more minutes, and at the last minute there was a big bang, the ship split in half, and it vanished pretty quickly.

If you want to sink ships fast, use overkill. I use a single torp on vessels 0 - 3000 tonnes (but only if the deck gun is empty/can't be used), 2 torps in salvo for 3000 - 6000 tonnes, and 3 torps for anything bigger. If you want a ship to sink quicker, send more torps at it.