Bigger isn't always better. The fleet boats had thinner pressure hulls than u-boats, and both British and Americans were surprised to find this out when they captured a couple. Also, even if the pressure hulls were the same thickness the larger boat is more susceptible to flexing from direct impact; so if anything the result would be worse.
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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl
I got that from "Sea Wolves" by Wolfgang Frank. I also thought there was a passage in which MacIntyre talks about a certain class of escort having an enhanced capactiy for ramming but I'm not sure. I can guarantee that more than one escort vessel was heavily damaged by ramming though.
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Well, I did say I had never read that, not that it didn't happen. It's been a decade or more since I read MacIntyre. You could well be right. I think I might have been a little more insistent than was warrented.