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

SUBMAN1 · 07-23-06, 12:31 PM

Some good pics of what modern torps do.

-S

http://ueba.net/hosted_pages/Torpedo...p-20060614.php

Type941 · 07-23-06, 12:35 PM

Very Sh3-esque!

Yahoshua · 07-23-06, 12:42 PM

Wow....do you know what type of torpedo was used?

SUBMAN1 · 07-23-06, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Yahoshua

Wow....do you know what type of torpedo was used?

Nope, but I could guess - that was either a Russian 65cm, or a Mk48!

Not that this helps answer your question!

The lack of weapons systems on the ship points to it being a MK48 however. I am not sure the class of the ship in question, but the lack of weapons systems makes it most likely western in design, and being that, the western heavyweight is most likely the mk 48.

-S

Yahoshua · 07-23-06, 01:10 PM

That rise in the bow is an intertesting design........Btitish maybe?

SUBMAN1 · 07-23-06, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Yahoshua

That rise in the bow is an intertesting design........Btitish maybe?

Get Kapitan in here. He can probably answer this.

sonar732 · 07-23-06, 01:43 PM

I'd say an old fashion Type 42 Sheffield class. The torp was either a Stingray or ADCAP.

Ori_b · 07-23-06, 01:57 PM

Isnt that the ship hit seen at the end of SUB COMMAND intro movie?The ripple moving along the hull is amazing.

UglyMowgli · 07-23-06, 02:01 PM

It was the Australian HMS Farcomb (Collins class submarine ) who sink the Torrens (a river class destroyer) the 14 june 1999 with a Mk-48 torpedo.

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.

07-23-06, 12:31 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Torpedo vs Warship - Warship loses! :) (large pics 56K'rs beware!) Some good pics of what modern torps do. -S http://ueba.net/hosted_pages/Torpedo...p-20060614.php __________________

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Type941 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Location: U-52 Posts: 1,270 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Very Sh3-esque! __________________ Sink the Bismarck SH3 Movie

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Yahoshua The Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Wow....do you know what type of torpedo was used? __________________ Science is the organized unpredictability that strives not to set limits to mans' capabilities, but is the engine by which the limits of mans' understanding is defined-Yahoshua

07-23-06, 01:10 PM	#5
Yahoshua The Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That rise in the bow is an intertesting design........Btitish maybe? __________________ Science is the organized unpredictability that strives not to set limits to mans' capabilities, but is the engine by which the limits of mans' understanding is defined-Yahoshua

07-23-06, 02:01 PM	#9
UglyMowgli Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 784 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	It was the Australian HMS Farcomb (Collins class submarine ) who sink the Torrens (a river class destroyer) the 14 june 1999 with a Mk-48 torpedo. __________________ Modern Naval Warfare Community Manager

07-23-06, 01:43 PM	#7
sonar732 The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Central MO Posts: 1,562 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I'd say an old fashion Type 42 Sheffield class. The torp was either a Stingray or ADCAP.

07-23-06, 01:57 PM	#8
Ori_b Gunner Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 99 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Isnt that the ship hit seen at the end of SUB COMMAND intro movie?The ripple moving along the hull is amazing.

07-23-06, 03:59 PM	#10
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	USS Okinawa sinkex - June 6th 2002

07-23-06, 04:02 PM	#11
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 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	#12
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, 04:49 PM	#13
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.

07-23-06, 06:16 PM	#14
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	#15
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