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Originally Posted by cardiff
The most likely cause was coal dust, the ark royal was sunk with 1 torpedo, the tahio (japanese aircraft carrier) was sunk with 1 torpedo, ww1 dreadnaughts were sunk with 1 torpedo, etc etc.
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The only problem I see with this statement is that there is a reason behind taiho's sinking due to one torpedo. Yes one torpedo did indeed hit it (and it subsequently sank from the actions that followed thereafter), but it was not from the damage inflicted by only this torpedo that sank it. Rather a combination of poor damage control (venting fumes from the breached fuel tanks throughout the ship which in effect created a time bomb) and bad timing (one spark = kaboom) that resulted in the sinking of Taiho.
Also, you cannot compare the sinking of a WWONE dreadnought/battleship to the sinking of a WWTWO battleship/battlecruiser, etc because the armor schemes, torpedo warheads, damage control techniques, all of it, was different in the two wars.
If you're going to tell a story, tell the whole story or not at all.