SPlitting ships in 2

tater · 02-09-09, 11:15 PM

By a torpedo?

tater · 02-09-09, 11:16 PM

Seriously, though, you can make ships NOT split, easily. Making them split requires making the fore and aft hull sections in a 3d modeling program. It's non-trivial.

DragonKing1990 · 02-09-09, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by tater

By a torpedo?

deck gun from the Bismarck and I get your point

tater · 02-09-09, 11:25 PM

It was a magazine explosion, right? I suppose a fish might do that, but wasn't it a failure vs plunging fire? Still, I don't think spliting was common in major combatants except for just that sort of catastrophic event.

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, 11:15 PM	#1
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	By a torpedo?

02-09-09, 11:16 PM	#2
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Seriously, though, you can make ships NOT split, easily. Making them split requires making the fore and aft hull sections in a 3d modeling program. It's non-trivial.

02-09-09, 11:25 PM	#4
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	It was a magazine explosion, right? I suppose a fish might do that, but wasn't it a failure vs plunging fire? Still, I don't think spliting was common in major combatants except for just that sort of catastrophic event.

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.