The front deck was on fire but the ship was not anywhere near sinking. I was just playing SH3 a while ago and encountered what i think was an M09X merchant ship with a tonnage of less than 4k and i fired four torpedoes between the command center and the middle of the ship and all it did was come to a halt. In rough waters you don't need a 'hole in one' shot to sink them. This makes it extremely difficult to take down some of these ships in smooth waters. However, i have one serious grouse with this mod and that is it does not include ship damage info in the recognition manual. I really want to thank iambecomelife for this amazing mod! it's one of the best gameplay enhancers out there.