Volume 10, Battle for Domination, Volume 44, Bloody Battle (11)
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The British actually ignored another weapon of their own - submarine#. Since the war started, the battleships of both sides of Britain and Germany were constantly maneuvering during the shooting process, with speeds of more than 20 knots. This was something that those submarines with snail speed could not reach. The commander of the British joint fleet did not expect that they could use submarines to attack.
However, this time the goddess of luck invited the British. After a T-type British submarine, after waiting for a night without success, she was shocked to find that a giant was exercising to her side directly in front of her channel.
Displacement (tons): Water: 90
Length (foot):
Width (foot)
Speed (Kidal).2
Cannon (mm) 4
Torpedo launcher: 10 21 inches, two in
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After the joy, the commander of the submarine readily fired the torpedo at the German giant ship. The unlucky giant ship happened to be Fitre II. This time, the British submarine was almost shot against the hull and immediately hit 8 torpedoes, and they all hit the middle part of the ship.
However, what happened next shocked everyone. Fitley II, who was hit by 8 heavy torpedoes, was still fine. William III's lightning protection isolation cabin was 755 deep, and gradually reduced toward the stern of the ship 52 bulkhead - oil tank - 55mm www.piaotian.commst 52 water back plate. It is a layout structure of four layers of steel plates in two cabins.
Generally, the ground lightning protection structure consists of three parts: the sacrificial chamber - the absorption chamber - the filter chamber. The outermost closest to the hull is a single-layer or multi-layer dry compartment, which plays a role in blocking the transmission force of the torpedo shock wave, and is called a sacrificial chamber; the inner part of the wet compartment is a single-layer or multi-layer wet compartment, and the part of the force breaking through the barrier of the sacrificial chamber is transmitted here, and is carried by the liquid here, and is dispersed and evenly transmitted to the main lightning protection armor behind, which is called an absorption chamber; there are generally a single-layer or multi-layer dry compartment between the main lightning protection armor and the inner compartment. If the main lightning protection armor is torn and leaks in liquid, these compartments can also play a blocking role, which is called a filter chamber.
This structure does not have a complete filter compartment behind the main lightning protection armor of the power chamber section, and between the main lightning protection armor of the secondary artillery ammunition reservoir and the main artillery ammunition reservoir section and the wall of the ammunition reservoir, the pipeline compartment and the storage compartment below form a complete filter compartment together.
Overall, in addition to the relatively tight layout of the ammunition storage section, compared with the lightning protection structure of other countries' battleships during the same period, William III's structure is much simpler and the design requirements are not high. It is just to resist the 250kgtnt of underwater blasting. But unexpectedly, it is performed in actual combat.
From the battle case of the Richelieu in Dakar, West Africa in July 1916, the battle case of the Vineto in Cape Matapan in 1916, 12: Complex, design requirements to withstand the battleships underwater blasting of 350-454kgtnt, except Richelieu, none of them can withstand the torpedo attacks of 150-176kgtnt charges.
Previously, the battleship "William III" was hit by a 170kgtnt loading ground torpedo dropped by several swordfish attack aircraft. Their destructive power was completely resisted by the lightning protection structure and almost no damage was caused. This shows that the actual resistance of the lightning protection structure of William III is far above that of the colleagues in the above countries.
Based on other more severe blows, the Germans clearly stated after the war that their actual capabilities far exceed the design requirements for defense. In the technical report on the loss of Fitre II on November 12, 1917, the German Navy pointed out that its TDS (torpedofencem) can withstand the underwater blast of 300kg of German Hexanite intense explosives, which can be used to achieve the actual and accurate defense level.
However, at the same time, resisting the attack of 8 heavy torpedoes, on the one hand, the high performance of ST52 shipbuilding steel has been exerted. The lightning protection structure is sparsely arranged but not low in thickness. The ST52 watertight partition also takes into account the excellent torpedo blasting shock wave resistance. However, this is only part of the reason. These explanations cannot explain why it can be achieved with a similar performance as a god.
Perhaps, it is the racial characteristics of the Germans that are reflected in their working habits, which are almost paranoid and careful, rigorous and precise. This makes the German weapon system often make up for it even if there are shortcomings in design, by German workers who always create miracles. The things on the battleship of William III probably prove this.
However, only the people of Fitre II knew about the underwater things. The British did not know about them. If they knew, it would only bring greater frustration, because at 6:12 in the morning, a volley of Fitre II hit the British flagship "Queen" battleship very accurately.
Similarly, the moment it was hit by three 480-meter shells, this 38,000-ton British new battleship became history. All 2,413, including the captain and the fleet commander, were killed, and 38,000 tons of steel were integrated into the first ray of sunshine in the morning.
The British battleship formation seemed to have lost its courage, strength and determination for a period of time. Although there were 21 battleships left, most of them could still be very good, they began to design blindly, and some even released smoke, and it seemed that they wanted to escape.
If General Canning was in the sky, he would definitely cry. The British Navy has always been the pride of the British. But now it seems that he has been taken away by someone and has no confidence to defeat a powerful enemy. Perhaps, the scenery over the past three hundred years has worn away their sharpness, and they are no longer the invincible fleet.
Seeing a massacre about to happen, even if Nelson reborn, it would not be possible to prevent this tragedy from happening.
At this time, under the blue wave, the T-42 choice, which had temporarily exhausted the torpedo, was so bitter that it was unbearable.
Chapter completed!