Will it sink, or not? That is the question . . .

11-03-06, 11:07 PM

OK, odd intro. But I'm odd, so it works out well.

Don't remember the name of the cable channel, but last night (11/02/2006) I watched an hour-long show on the Battle of the Atlantic (from the Allies persepective).

One of the things they showed were film clips and still photos of quite a few merchants that had been torpedoed and had made it back to port. My GOD!!

One was missing it's entire bow. I mean, you could look straight inside the ship from in front!

They showed several shots from the outside, showing huge gaping holes in the hull, and another from inside, looking out. And when I say huge, I mean huge. One hole looked like an oval 30 feet long and 20 feet high. I've seen smaller swimming pools!

I can more easily accept the damage modeling of NYGM and GW now, after having seen how big freighters could 'take a licking and keep on ticking'.

It's just those dinky little tubs that burn me. It's a lot harder to swallow needing 3 torpedoes to sink a small merchant that it is needing them to sink a wallowing porker of a cargo ship.

Did anyone else happen to see this on cable too?

11-03-06, 11:07 PM	#1
Albrecht Von Hesse Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Will it sink, or not? That is the question . . . OK, odd intro. But I'm odd, so it works out well. Don't remember the name of the cable channel, but last night (11/02/2006) I watched an hour-long show on the Battle of the Atlantic (from the Allies persepective). One of the things they showed were film clips and still photos of quite a few merchants that had been torpedoed and had made it back to port. My GOD!! One was missing it's entire bow. I mean, you could look straight inside the ship from in front! They showed several shots from the outside, showing huge gaping holes in the hull, and another from inside, looking out. And when I say huge, I mean huge. One hole looked like an oval 30 feet long and 20 feet high. I've seen smaller swimming pools! I can more easily accept the damage modeling of NYGM and GW now, after having seen how big freighters could 'take a licking and keep on ticking'. It's just those dinky little tubs that burn me. It's a lot harder to swallow needing 3 torpedoes to sink a small merchant that it is needing them to sink a wallowing porker of a cargo ship. Did anyone else happen to see this on cable too?