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All true, but remember, it was because of those belts that the torpedo designers came up with ideas of having the warheads detonate as they passed beneath the hull using the pressure wave same as the bombs alongside. Of course that lead to all the troubles involved in finding reliable sensor systems for the torpedo's to work properly.Well, remember that Battleships and heavy Cruisers had belt-line armor that was designed with torpedoes in mind.
What the armor wasn't able to protect against, was a 500 or 1,000 pound bomb detonating alongside or alongside and beneath the armor, which created a "hydraulic hammer" that would buckle the plating.
Mikuma was probably destroyed by her own exploding torpedoes. Mogami launched hers and survived.I forgot, was Mikuma scuttled or did she go down from bombs alone?
That bacon is for HMS Warspite.A battleship is a lot of time money and resources. A destroyer is a row boat in comparison.
So the RN was like at the end of the war, what battleship could be hit by a tallboy and survive? The obvious answer is none or none realistic. So kinda silly spend tons of gold on something that can be one shotted.
The torpedo was not the end of the battleship. Musashi, Yamato, Bismarck all survived torpedo strikes or could have done.
Mission killed by still floaty.
Warspite survived a Fritz X but Warspite could survive a Super Nova so no surprise there.
A battleship was Uber expensive and was no longer an unsinkable bastion of greatness. So it became obsolete due to weapons that were stronger than its armour. And it's big guns were no defence against tallboys or Fritz X. So it has no further use in a missile age.
When it comes to expense, when building the Yamato, the Japanese thought they were building a battleship when in fact they were creating a national treasure. Good weapons have to be both effective and expendable.A battleship is a lot of time money and resources. A destroyer is a row boat in comparison.
So the RN was like at the end of the war, what battleship could be hit by a tallboy and survive? The obvious answer is none or none realistic. So kinda silly spend tons of gold on something that can be one shotted.
The torpedo was not the end of the battleship. Musashi, Yamato, Bismarck all survived torpedo strikes or could have done.
Mission killed by still floaty.
Warspite survived a Fritz X but Warspite could survive a Super Nova so no surprise there.
A battleship was Uber expensive and was no longer an unsinkable bastion of greatness. So it became obsolete due to weapons that were stronger than its armour. And it's big guns were no defence against tallboys or Fritz X. So it has no further use in a missile age.
The POW was modern, with for the time quite a good AA component and they were sunk fairly quickly with few losses.