Dear Laurie, you would likely be better served with answers if you posted to a more surface ship oriented website such as: I am certain that you will receive well thought out and researched answers. Gerard
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Walter, you may wish to try in one of the Off Topic forums. There is a gentleman named Alex Shenec who does a fair amount of posting who is very well informed in this area. Gerard
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A little more detail can be found by accessing The Boats section in this website.
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I guess depending on how far ahead the romper is, would the attacker be better served by waiting for the main body of the convoy rather than alerting them of the danger? Gerard
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