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Torplexed · 02-09-09, 11:55 PM

The most dramatic submarine torpedo hit on a battleship I can think of is the HMS Barham's demise from a salvo launched from the U-336. But she rolled on her port side and capsized first. A Royal Navy Court of Enquiry ascribed the ship's final magazine explosion to the detonation en masse of 4-inch anti-aircraft ammunition stored in wing passages adjacent to the main magazines, which would have detonated the contents of the main magazines.

02-09-09, 11:55 PM	#5
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	The most dramatic submarine torpedo hit on a battleship I can think of is the HMS Barham's demise from a salvo launched from the U-336. But she rolled on her port side and capsized first. A Royal Navy Court of Enquiry ascribed the ship's final magazine explosion to the detonation en masse of 4-inch anti-aircraft ammunition stored in wing passages adjacent to the main magazines, which would have detonated the contents of the main magazines.