Large Tankers carrying CORK?! 10 torps and no sinking

[Weigh-Man]

Originally Posted by Redwine

It may be normal... some tankers stay floating lot of time burning after being imapcted. Petrol is like a cork, it has lot of flotability, water is heaviest than the petrol.

I thought petrol was flammable, surely a torpedo hit would ignite it.

I had the same problem the other day 12 torpedos, 2 from the rear (that stopped the tanker), 5 from port, 5 from starboard, tried magnetic under the keel, direct impact, even then it took 2 hours to sinkl