Death Roll

[Nichon]

Anyone managed to get a ship to go belly up and then sink?

I also haven't seen a ship do a "titanic" and go down heavy by the bow or stern. Only got them to do it a little bit.

[Dutch]

Not trying to burst your bubble or anything I'm just an uber Titanic nut.

But the idea that the Titanic went down very heavy at the bow till it reached anywhere between 50-65 degrees is unfortunately proven to be a gross over exaggeration. Back in 06 they found a football fields length (100 yards)section of the Keel (The "spine" of a ship). After having found this it was apparent that the damage done by the iceberg was far greater than we had realized up till this point in time. It had actually gutted the ship rather then slowly tearing into the side. Since so much of the ships spine had been cut away it is now believed that the ship broke apart around 25-35 degrees. After doing so the bow pulled the stern into a near 90 degree incline before the stress broke it the rest of the way free. The stern did in fact bob around on the surface "like a cork" for anywhere from 2-5 minutes according to witnesses then suddenly plunged into the Atlantic.

[Nichon]

That would be a sight to see.



(shamelessly stolen from wiki)

At 14:05 the cruiser Yahagi sank, the victim of twelve bombs and seven torpedoes. At the same time a final flight of torpedo bombers attacked Yamato from her starboard side. Her list was now such that the torpedoes—set to a depth of 6.1 m (20 ft)—impacted on the bottom of her hull. The battleship continued her inexorable roll to port.[25] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato#cite_note-cfrecord-24) By 14:20 the power went out and her remaining 25 mm anti-aircraft guns began to drop into the sea. Three minutes later Yamato capsized. Her main 460 mm turrets fell off, and as she rolled she created a suction that drew swimming crewmen back towards the ship. When the roll reached approximately 120° one of the two bow magazines detonated in a tremendous explosion.[49] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato#cite_note-G.26D65-54) The resulting mushroom cloud (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushroom_cloud)—over 4 miles (6.4 km) high—was seen 100 miles (160 km) away on Kyūshū (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%ABsh%C5%AB).[50] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato#cite_note-55) Yamato sank rapidly, losing an estimated 3,055 of her 3,332 crew, including Vice-Admiral Seiichi Itō (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiichi_It%C5%8D), the fleet commander.[25] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato#cite_note-cfrecord-24)[51] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato#cite_note-56)