Bursting the Torpedo Bubble Myth Equating Frigates with Carriers and Battleships

Commentary On June 14, 1999, a decommissioned, unmanned Australian frigate, the HMAS Torrens, was sitting in the Indian Ocean off Western Australia when a Collins-class submarine, HMAS Farncomb, launched a Mark 48 advanced capability torpedo at the Torrens, detonating under the Torrens’s midship. The attack was devastating, with video showing the center of the ship rising, […]