On the evening of March 26, the South Korean "Pohang"-class light护卫warship "Cheonan" exploded in the sensitive waters between North Korea and South Korea. It sank 15 minutes later. Was the "Cheonan", with a standard displacement of 1200 tons and a full load displacement of 1350 tons, sunk by a North Korean torpedo? This set of pictures of a warship being sunk by a torpedo can give you an intuitive sense of the power of torpedoes and the possibility of them sinking ships.
Instant of underwater explosion of the torpedo
The Australian HMAS Torrens (Leander class, also known as the River class) was used as a target ship for the Collins-class submarine "HMAS Farncomb's" MK48 torpedo trials and was sunk on June 14, 1999, off the west coast of Australia. The HMAS Torrens had a full load displacement of 2750 tons, standard displacement of 2100 tons, total length of 112.8 meters, length between perpendiculars of 109.7 meters, beam of 12.5 meters, depth of 8.6 meters, and draft of 3.9 meters.
A torpedo loaded with 300 kilograms of explosives detonated 2-3 meters below the hull of the over 3000-ton frigate.
A torpedo loaded with 300 kilograms of explosives detonated 2-3 meters below the hull of the over 3000-ton frigate.
Ship's body breaks apart
Ship's body breaks apart
Ship's body breaks apart
It only took 5 seconds from the explosion to the ship breaking apart.
It only took 5 seconds from the explosion to the ship breaking apart.