on an ss1, you'll want to maximize speed. At ss2, you can start adding armor (i prefer bulk head over bulge, some may differ), however, if you add armor you will lose valuable speed. At ss3, I load bulk head until i drop speed. The reason I prefer bulk head over bulge is that once you have a high SD, you can take more hits, and often times, those hit will not be bulge hits, but dmg from shells. Because of this, bulge is not very usefull (unless you want to foolishly tank through a torp wall or get in a fight with a km ss). Also, bulk head gives you the ability to hold overheat and higher speeds even when you are crippled*(not crippled, but where you would normally start to lose speed). As a submarine, this is valuable as you may lose half your DP in the first few shots if you are unlucky.
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