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[CaptainMattJ.]

Ive been thinking lately. I dont know exactly what im talking about, but it makes sense to me somewhat.

Wouldnt a higher shot, say as close to the waterline as possible, flood the ship better then a keel/ lower shot.

Think about it. A shot made at the waterline makes a hole that half extends to the part of the ship thats above water and half underwater. (roughly)

That hole starts flooding that deck immediately. But this where i think i could be right or wrong. Wouldnt the deck you hit start spilling water into all the lower decks as well? say you have ship with A-G Decks. Your waterline shot hits say D deck. wouldnt the water spill into E F and G decks at least?

As opposed to a low shot made at F deck which would spill into G deck filling the boat with less water therefore making it less likely to sink.

The weight from D E F and G decks would easily make the ship's density over 1 and cause it to sink right?

But this is just a slightly undereducated thought. But where i dont know too much is if each deck was in itself a watertight compartment. As in if D deck floods it has no way of reaching other decks. BUT wouldnt that sort of....cut off people from reaching E f and G decks?

So im actually somewhat asking a question. were at least MERCHANTS equipped with independent water tight decks.


And if im right, how come making a waterline shot in SH5 actually worse then shooting for the keel?