Small Tankers: strangely unsinkable

[Keelbuster]

In all the versions of this game that i can remember (modded, unmodded) - the small tanker is strangely difficult to sink. Medium and Large tankers (previously T2 and T3) are comparatively easy to sink. You'd think that based on the amount of torpex that you put into the bastard compared to her size, small tankers would have the least chance of survival. But they're the most resilient. It's annoying. The same seems to hold for small ships like the small merchant and particularly the tramp steamer. While Large and even medium cargos sink with a single torp, this is much less likely to happen with the smaller ships. It seems intuitively correct that a 2000 ton tramp steamer or a 4000 ton small tanker would be _devastated_ by a torpedo hit. Yet these ships remain the most difficult to sink (aside from medium or large warships and liberty cargos).

Anybody else irked by this? If you were to hit a small tanker with one torp and hope to sink her, where would you aim? I've tried bow, mid, and stern with no avail. I've even put two torps into a small tanker and had her sail on. With a Large Tanker, a medium tanker, a large cargo, or a medium cargo, a good hit to the bow or stern brings her down quite often (though i usually give them two because they deserve it). I can't remember a single torp taking out a small tanker...ever?