Frigate hit by Torpedo

Leod · 03-22-07, 08:23 AM

Sorry if this is old around here,but has any one seen this video?

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/305344/destroyer_vs_sub/

Wow

bookworm_020 · 03-22-07, 05:15 PM

This has been posted before. It was a torpedo test off the Australian coast with an old Destroyer escort (HMAS Torrens). The collins class sub that sank it was HAMS Farncomb. The Torpedo was a Mark 48.

HMS Torrens was the last of 6 River class DE's to be decommisioned. Three were scraped, One sank as an artifical reef, one sunk as a dive site and the Torrens sunk as a target.

03-22-07, 08:23 AM	#1
Leod Watch Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 16 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Frigate hit by Torpedo Sorry if this is old around here,but has any one seen this video? http://www.metacafe.com/watch/305344/destroyer_vs_sub/ Wow

03-22-07, 05:15 PM	#2
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	This has been posted before. It was a torpedo test off the Australian coast with an old Destroyer escort (HMAS Torrens). The collins class sub that sank it was HAMS Farncomb. The Torpedo was a Mark 48. HMS Torrens was the last of 6 River class DE's to be decommisioned. Three were scraped, One sank as an artifical reef, one sunk as a dive site and the Torrens sunk as a target. __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"