Talk:List of destroyers by upgraded maximum stats/@comment-24486114-20140913035353/@comment-210.195.229.129-20150111075055

Just a little info: torpedo were never designed for penetration...

this is fairly counterproductive given the shape of the head, and the simple fact that sinking a ship is much more effectively done by ripping the ship's hull surface... not blasting the internal which may or may not contain vital parts (ships are compartmentalized anyway, blasting one section doesn't do much to other sections).

torpedo against BB were lethal primarily due to the simple fact that before torpedo became noted as a high threat... BB focused most of their armor to withstand shells from opposing warships and other BB... NOT torpedo attack

during WW2 however as most nations have by then recognized the significant threat... BBs typically had torpedo blisters which are designed to detonate torpedo a good distance away from the BB's main hull...