Realistic sinking times, how long can they be?

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Originally Posted by onelifecrisis

Recently in GWX 2.1 I split a Passenger/Cargo in half with the deck gun and, although I got the credit immediately, neither half sank! I would have thought that even with the most buoyant cargo a ship split in half ought to sink fairly quickly. :hmm:

You split a Passenger/Cargo in half with the deck gun?
I knew the Germans were researching some spectacular weapons, but a deck gun on a U-Boat that was actually a Type 1 Phaser...? :hmm:
That would have some interesting ramifications!