A designer or navy could conceal extra torpedo reloads, but the equipment was never weightless. Reloads and their associated systems still add real seagoing weight even when the declared figure ignores them. Carrying them widens the gap between the ship presented on paper and the ship that sails. Standard-displacement figures therefore have to be checked against what was actually installed.
Notable Point · 19:20-20:03
Concealed torpedo reloads undermine declared tonnage
Fitting reload torpedoes and their associated systems beyond the declared allowance turns standard-displacement compliance into a credibility problem.