How thick is the hull of a destroyer?
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How thick is the hull of a destroyer?
While the outer hull is 14 to 19 mm thick, the inner hull may be 12 to 14 mm thick. Only the outer hull details are shaped to contour; inner hull details are designed to allow fabrication from flat plate.
Can a cannonball penetrate a modern ship?
Modern warships are not armoured and round-shot would penetrate into the target where crew and important systems could be struck. Dispersed hits below the waterline will cause a vessel to sink. So if fired on a rolling target, several broadsides from HMS Victory could render a modern frigate to a sinking condition.
Do modern destroyers have armor?
The most common ship, the destroyer, was no more armored then than it is today. They were known as “tin cans” for this reason. In fact, some destroyers were sunk by machine gun fire from fighter aircraft. The aircraft carriers today are better armored than their WW2 counterparts, at least those built during the war.
Do cannonballs sink?
Generally not. First, because shooting below the water line is far from certain to actually produce a hole beneath the water line; a roundshot often skipped on hitting the water’s surface and hit above the water line instead.
The thickness of the hulls of warships depends on their combat purpose. In extreme cases, it can be from 3 mm for mine warfare ships to even 650 mm on the 1941 battleship “Yamato” [1].
What are the different scales of a destroyer?
1/192 Scale US Destroyers USS Fletcher DD-445 USS Kidd DD-661 USS Sumner DD-692 USS Gearing DD-710 1/100 Scale GermanDestroyers KM Frederick Ihn KM Z-39 “Narvik Class” 1/100 Scale Japanese Destroyers IJN Akizuki 1/96 Scale Canadian Frigates HMCS Halifax 1/72 Scale Canadian Frigates HMCS Halifax US Destroyers Reference Books on Destroyers
How thick is a ship’s hull plate?
Whilst the specific thickness is in all likelihood classified, one could safely assume that it does not exceed the thickness of older steel-hulled warships, whose shell plating (hull plates) was seldom if ever greater than 12mm in thickness.
What is the difference between a hull and a bulge?
BILGE –curved part of ship’s hull where sides and flat bottom meet. BLISTER- -a bulge built into a ship’s side as a protecton against torpedoes. COUNTER –side of a vessel’s quarter. HULL –main body of a vessel exclusive of elements of superstructure.
That’s true; modern naval missiles are mostly equipped with high-explosive blast/fragmentation warheads rather than armor-piercing warheads. A modern destroyer with its standard missile loadout would have trouble outright sinking a heavily armored battleship, but it would easily defeat the battleship with precision long-range missile fire.