Re: [OT] Completely

>A bit more irrelevant trivia about this (From Voss,
"Marinekunde", 
1901,
>which BTW, shows various German cruisers with
> broadside tubes at 90
>Shooting a torpedo from an underwater broadside tube
>From what I have read no submerged torpedo has ever
been fired that hit anything (on a surface ship not
a submarine obviously). The problem is that any ship
that would have submerged torpedoes is unlikely to
get close enough to use them. None of the third
generation battleships (US, British, German, Italian
or French) had torpedo tubes and in the US navy all
heavy Cruisers and most light Cruisers (exception was
the Atlanta class) didn't carry torpedos (turned out
to be an error but that was learned the hard way).

Even the Bismarck was finished off by torpedoes from
the CA Dorsetshire (surface mounts) and of course the
Bismarck didn't carry torpedos.

As a side point, there is good evidence that the Hood
did not blowup due to a magazine hit but instead was
sunk by a hit in the torpedo room (which was above the
armored belt) which caused multiple torpedoes to
detonate which shattered the keel. This was a known
problem and the debates about removing the torpedoes
from the Hood had been going on since the 20's.

Scott