Talk:Bismarck/@comment-59.157.116.81-20140316035755/@comment-220.100.85.5-20140331122446

Unlike tank turrets, which are locked in place by a retaining ring, battleship turrets are just "seated" on their barbettes. If you flipped a tank over, the turret would stay in place (there are exceptions, but generally this is true), but if you flipped a battleship over, her turrets would drop. ANY battleship sunk in deep waters would by default have some of their turrets drop from their barbettes when they sink, because the weight of the turret would cause the hull to tumble at one stage during the sinking, usually dropping the turrets on the way. The case for Yamato was even more extreme as she capsized before sinking. All three turrets dropped and the pressure from incoming water flooding the barbettes detonated her magazines. Bismarck just looks strange because, unlike Yamato, she settled on the sea floor with her hull fully upright, making her missing turrets conspicuous.