Torpedo vs Warship - Warship loses! :) (large pics 56K'rs beware!)

Oberon · 07-23-06, 03:59 PM

USS Okinawa sinkex - June 6th 2002

Kapitan · 07-23-06, 04:02 PM

The ship is HMAS torrens sunk by collins class submarine if any of you have sub command still them please look at the main start up video as its the same one.

As for russian sinkex's none have realy been publicised, apart from one with a nuclear weapon on the novaya zemlya coast in a place called black harbour.

Linton · 07-23-06, 04:47 PM

Modern torpedoes are designed to explode under the keel .The explosion creates a pressure bubble which breaks the back of the ship as the photographs show.Here is a wiki entry about the ship:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Torrens_(DE-53)

Oberon · 07-23-06, 04:49 PM

In a similar way, most SAMs are designed to explode just by the aircraft to litter it with debris as opposed to actual impact IIRC.

Linton · 07-23-06, 06:16 PM

Oberon,that is why they are called missiles,they are designed to miss.Instead they are meant to explode near the target showering it with shrapnel

tycho102 · 07-23-06, 08:03 PM

I think there's a video of a Harpoon nailing a ship, and they used the keel-shot option with it. Saw it years ago, but it looks pretty much like that torpedo hit.

Linton · 07-24-06, 11:38 AM

Harpoon impact:

it comes from a p3 drivers website.

07-23-06, 04:02 PM	#2
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,134 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	The ship is HMAS torrens sunk by collins class submarine if any of you have sub command still them please look at the main start up video as its the same one. As for russian sinkex's none have realy been publicised, apart from one with a nuclear weapon on the novaya zemlya coast in a place called black harbour. __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

07-23-06, 04:47 PM	#3
Linton Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Modern torpedoes are designed to explode under the keel .The explosion creates a pressure bubble which breaks the back of the ship as the photographs show.Here is a wiki entry about the ship:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Torrens_(DE-53) __________________ http://lintonsview.blogspot.com/ Last edited by Linton; 07-23-06 at 04:58 PM.

07-23-06, 06:16 PM	#5
Linton Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Oberon,that is why they are called missiles,they are designed to miss.Instead they are meant to explode near the target showering it with shrapnel __________________ http://lintonsview.blogspot.com/

07-23-06, 08:03 PM	#6
tycho102 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,100 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I think there's a video of a Harpoon nailing a ship, and they used the keel-shot option with it. Saw it years ago, but it looks pretty much like that torpedo hit. __________________ My little Silent Hunter 4 repository

07-24-06, 11:38 AM	#7
Linton Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Harpoon impact: it comes from a p3 drivers website. __________________ http://lintonsview.blogspot.com/

07-23-06, 03:59 PM	#1
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	USS Okinawa sinkex - June 6th 2002

07-23-06, 04:49 PM	#4
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	In a similar way, most SAMs are designed to explode just by the aircraft to litter it with debris as opposed to actual impact IIRC.

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