Why did Battleships have these Bulges on the Side?

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Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
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The Battleship Book
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Submarine Torpedo Tactics: An American History
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Jane's Battleships of the 20th Century by Bernard Ireland

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@wert1234576 3 года назад

I'm gonna use that "I'm not fat that's just torpedo protection"

@Pioneer_DE 3 года назад

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@hoshimi_setsuko4413 3 года назад

*E X T R A T H I C C*

@sycho-tech5104 3 года назад

lol have you seen ‘Paradise PD’ theirs a joke in the first season about a character named Dusty, who’s like 600lbs. He gets shot like 50 time and the doctor says “oh he’s fine the bullets are lodged in the 6th layer of his fat folds. He’s like a walking blob of ballistic gel.” It’s actually pretty funny.

@pizzawonderer5024 3 года назад

This quote is 10 times more funnier if youre a female btw

@lefrenchaudir188 3 года назад

@@sycho-tech5104 one man army more like one man fortress

@dizelhanif517 3 года назад

How to make a battleship in WWI. Step 1. Build hull. Step 2. Build decks. (Insert Step 3 of putting gun of big boom) Step 4. Bulge. Step 5. More bulge. Step 6. Be wide battleship. Yes I edited step 3

@WadcaWymiaru 3 года назад

GunZ?!

@dizelhanif517 3 года назад

@@WadcaWymiaru Insert step 3 of building guns.

@houraisanproductions5879 3 года назад

I like how there's no step on adding the big guns lmfao

@dizelhanif517 3 года назад

I edited it lmao

@AmericanThunder 3 года назад

Step 1 Design new guns Step 2 Design battleship to carry them.

@davidk6269 3 года назад

Strangely, my wife didn't believe me when after watching this video I told her that my personal "side bulges" are not excess fat, but are to protect against torpedos. ; )

@luissanchez723 3 года назад

Your wife needs to understand the severity of how lethal torpedeos can really be. Hope she learned not to make fun of the side bulges after this.

@WadcaWymiaru 3 года назад

Other man "torpedoes"

@jakethelake2317 3 года назад

I got a bulge on my bow, my torpedo launcher needs extra protection

@samuraijackson241 3 года назад

You need to fire your main gun to proof you are a battleship and need to be protected.

@mllhild 3 года назад

but do you have the main cannons of the correct size to prove that you are a battleship?

@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4 3 года назад

Some people back in ww1.. "Sir, we're up against a submarine. What do we do to counter them?" Guy: "let's make our ships thicc"

@Nugcon 3 года назад

Simple History: **Notices your Bulge**

@basedandconfused2991 3 года назад

OwO wat big torpedo bulge you have Senpai HMS Renowned

@Mike01029 3 года назад

^_^ Yuo sunk my battleshwip :3 Now i have to commit a nuclear holocaust UwU

@caradog1081 3 года назад

*_C E A S E_*

@cr0sad3r70 3 года назад

STOP! YOU VIOLATED THE LAW

@Shesjustthere1 3 года назад

NO STHAP

@timogeerties3487 Год назад

In regards to the torpedoes themselves, during WW2 several (mostly) succesful attempts were made to create torpedoes that do not explode on contact with the ship's hull at the waterline but to propel itself underneath the target's hull where an electromagnetic switch picks up on the close proximity to the metal hull and triggers, eventually detonating the torpedo right beneath the target's keel

@raven4k998 Год назад

choo choo's are attacking run for it🤣

@francis9428 3 года назад

Submarine: (Notices bulge) OwO, what's this? Depth Charge: *Kabonk* go to horny jail

@shanedoesyoutube8001 3 года назад

Either that or Horny Jones' Locker

@Tejo_smk 3 года назад

@@shanedoesyoutube8001 😂

@xx_insert_cool_username_he6876 3 года назад

BONK

@xx_insert_cool_username_he6876 3 года назад

@@shanedoesyoutube8001 lol

@TheNapoleonicPotato 3 года назад

"Nuzzles, pounces on you, UwU you're so warm. Couldn't help but notice your bulge from across the floor." - Senzawa. Take this in whatever way you see it as.

@invadegreece9281 3 года назад

Please kill me *UwU*

@ZoMTDU 3 года назад

I fucking knew it. I knew I would find someone saying it xD

@invadegreece9281 3 года назад

@@ZoMTDU :D

@cxarhomell5867 3 года назад

Whatever way you see it? There's one way that makes my eyes want to get bleached!

@quentin9676 3 года назад

What are you doing here the Stormcloaks are losing.

@piciakus 3 года назад

About Yamato main battery - if we are talking about enemy's battleships - yes, it's true. But Yamato's 460mm guns fired during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. These are confirmed in both US and Japanese reports that he had close hits near USS Gambier Bay (CVE) and USS Johnston (DD)

@andhikanatawijaya9589 3 года назад

"How to protect our ships from torpedo?" "Give her 2 badonkers"

@arklord32 Год назад

thank you for being one of the few channels using accurate ship models in your animations. this makes the video so much more enjoyable to watch

@justvincent2083 3 года назад

Me upon reading the title before cliccking the video: THICC 🚢

@windborne8795 3 года назад

Funniest part is the animation of the HMS Hood dropping depth charges on a sub. No battleship nor most cruisers, for that matter, carried depth charges. Only destroyers, destroyer escorts, sloops, frigates, corvettes and sub-chasers were equipped with anti-submarine weapons. By and by, another great upload gentlemen! Cheers!

@generalidea4519 Год назад

"most cruisers".

@tioy3442 3 года назад

“The Grafton is [not] dust! We [do not] need to get out of here, now!”

@darlekkiller2630 3 года назад

Halo reach

@thekhoifish0146 3 года назад

“Yes, yes! Someone tell me this is happening!”

@hrunchtayt1587 3 года назад

Could you talk about US Coast Guard Cutter Tampa (1912)? She was when she sank the largest loss of life in combat the US suffered on the seas during WWI.

@CT-5736-Bladez 3 года назад

I like this idea

@teambengkong6297 3 года назад

That buldge is the torpedo itself. If you know what I mean

@NashvillePrincess26 3 года назад

No they are anti torpedoe bulge

@bigdump8206 3 года назад

😉

@teambengkong6297 3 года назад

@@NashvillePrincess26 if you know what I mean

@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory 3 года назад

b r u h

@captain_germany7872 3 года назад

;)

@yeeturmcbeetur8197 3 года назад

Ssshhheeesssshhh that battle ship lookin dummy thicc 😳

@schlc77 3 года назад

You also forgot to add in the fact that when torpedoes with reliable magnetic detonators we're being used, the torpedo would detonate underneath the Hull of the ship. This made torpedo bulges and armored belts obsolete when it came to torpedoes, since the Giant Gas bubble form underneath the whole would cause the whole to crack open

@MaxwellAerialPhotography Год назад

It’s also worth noting that modern torpedos no longer impact the hull directly, they detonated under the ship causing far more structural damage.

@Vevvev8 Год назад

Indeed, and during World War 2 torpedoes were starting to use magnetic fuses that would detonate when under the target vessel. Meant the bulges became less and less effective as the torpedoes became more and more advanced. It was less about protecting the sides and more about making sure they never even got under you. Surprised the video didn't mention that part because the shift in tactics was due to the change in how torpedoes killed you.

@kleinerfarmer1 Год назад

@@Vevvev8 magnetic warhead? u mean magnetic fuse. the warhead was still high explosives.

@Vevvev8 Год назад

@@kleinerfarmer1 Sorry, you're right. I knew something was magnetic and it detonated the warhead on the torpedo at the right time so used that wording XD

@williamforbes6291 Год назад

Most modern*

@sixfootdworf9545 3 года назад

Those, my dear friends, are called torpedo bulges. They are a layer of material that theoretically detonated the torpedo at a distance far enough away from the main armor that most of the shaped charge explosives lost effectiveness, or the explosion in general lost its effectiveness against the citadel of the ship. Torpedoes were ship killers because they blasted a huge hole into the citadel of the ship. Those bulges detonated the torpedo before it could reache the inner layer of armor of the ship and make a giant hole the size of the Bismark.

@rhuttrho88 Год назад

🫡

@ShadowXII 3 года назад

I love how your graphics, effects and character animations continue to improve but retain your unique style

@tabletti8865 3 года назад

Its amazing how they managed to make this long and interesting video about a thing i already knew

@thegermanbasket732 3 года назад

Takes balls of steel to a whole other level

@GarfieldRex 3 года назад

That's really interesting, like the passive protection used in tanks.

@zemonn2633 3 года назад

I already knew about this yet I still watch the vid. Cant get enough of Simple History 😆

@2.0.2.0 3 года назад

I didn't even realise the Battleships have bulges but thanks anyways

@treyn8070 3 года назад

Brings a whole new meaning to the term battle of the bulge.😂😂😂

@NeuerKurs036 3 года назад

Therapist: Destroyer Hood with depth charges isn't real, she can't hurt you Destroyer Hood with depth charges: 5:11

@awesometoysfamily4199 3 года назад

Simple history I'm 9 years old and I love learning history so I just watch your videos and I love watching your videos keep up the good work

@SentinelGhost 3 года назад

A few days ago I watched 'The Courier'. It was a really interesting movie based on a real story. It would be cool to see an episode of Simple History about Greville Wynne and what he did.

@jmoore4477 3 года назад

While checking out World of Warship products, don't forget to report any carriers for ruining the match.

@johnandyfantasy 3 года назад

Or just uninstall it

@f0x_724 3 года назад

Would like to see a video on some of those High fire rate cannons like the U.S Navy's Phalanx Gun. Great video as always!

@Milk192 3 года назад

That's a cute Phalanx, thanks for the informative video and effort put into it!

@ChannelRiot 3 года назад

I hate it when I have a premature detonation.

@signolias100 3 года назад

one thing they failed to mention is that by ww2 torps did not have to be direct hits to kill or badly damage a warship. the proximity fuse allowed the torps to detonate under the ship causing far more significant damage. this also obsoleted torpedo belts and bulges as they did not protect the bottom of the ship

@soldiertroy.8754 3 года назад

Bro, when simple history and ahoy upload in the same week, thats siiiick..

@haraldpettersen3649 3 года назад

This definitely deserved a subscription 😀

@user-yp5ko8us9j 3 года назад

“What are you doing? Step-torpedo?”

@tomasteply1956 3 года назад

I always learn something new. I especially enjoy some little but interesting facts. Thanks 👍

@oliversherman2414 3 года назад

Battleships and convoy ships: we're going on a trip in our favourite boat U-boats: I'm gonna end this vessel's whole trip

@azrael2821 3 года назад

I always wondered how torpedo bulges work, thanks man!

@larrybomber83 3 года назад

Very good explanation for a complicated issue.

@-Cheif 3 года назад

Saw the picture, already knew, it’s a torpedo bulge to help protect the ship by prematurely detonating a torpedo.

@florians9949 3 года назад

Imgine how confused the U-boat crew must have been when the ship they just hit didn’t sank.

@lasombra1469 3 года назад

"Hans, why ze ship is still floating?"

@caradog1081 3 года назад

I don’t know otto

@keithn_059 3 года назад

Fire again hans

@keithn_059 3 года назад

otto we ran out of torpedos

@caradog1081 3 года назад

Sorry Klaus

@joeyjuly215 3 года назад

When a youtube video answered a question you never asked, but your still happy with it

@murielcunningham8703 3 года назад

Simple History can even make torpedo blisters sound interesting.

@Ze_Rocky 3 года назад

These vids are so much better when they don't re-use 3 clips for the entire video

@connorisuncool 3 года назад

Their videos are getting better and better every time

@dasboot5903 3 года назад

Right explanation has beenn made. Thank U very much !!

@Mate397 3 года назад

*torpedo notices ship's bulge* OwO what's this?

@somedudeyadontcareabout999 3 года назад

Why would you say it that way

@ahshitherewegoagain938 3 года назад

I was just going to say something close to that, but i dont think i will anymore lmao take the like

@Mate397 3 года назад

@@somedudeyadontcareabout999 It had to be done.

@dr.walterbennett 3 года назад

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@user-yp5ko8us9j 3 года назад

“OwO~ Notices your bulgy-wulgy, UwU battleship senpai~” - Torpedo, probably.

@kosimochaosbold7544 3 года назад

Also torpedo: *explodes prematurely on contact with said buldge*

@echo8481 3 года назад

The Government: *After all, why not?* The Ships: The Government: *Why shouldn't I make it extra thicc?*

@sgpros8084 3 года назад

4:10: The ships were less *hydrodynamic* because of the bulges Gawr Gura: *you and I are not so different*

@guardrailbiter 3 года назад

Naval architect: "I told the admirals something about torpedo defense, but the truth is I just like my ships to have wide hips."

@luisemoralesfalcon4716 3 года назад

Interesting episode, astonishing how buildings techniques change throught the years.

@xxnightdriverxx9576 3 года назад

in later designs, torpedo protection was build into the hull from the start, so these outside bulges werent nessessary anymore.

@luisemoralesfalcon4716 3 года назад

@@xxnightdriverxx9576 fascinating, thanks for the information.

@ConnorHay Год назад

Had to watch this twice because the first time I was too distracted by hearing my D&D combat music. Bless Kevin McLeod and his infinitely useful music

@lazycrocc6715 3 года назад

Just here during an ad before the vid: theyre here to make them beautiful ships thicc

@ezrabrooks12 Год назад

Good Video/Info.

@helengracelozano9932 3 года назад

Those are called "Protective Torpedo Bulge" to protect battleships and aircraft carriers from Torpedo shrapnel,and to absorb the shockwave of the Torpedo explosion

@BionicRusty Год назад

Proud to have been a supplier into the Phalanx CIWS. 💥

@hank780 3 года назад

Nice video as always. Will you do a faction video about the hungarian army in WW2?

@sonnguyenthe5542 3 года назад

0:19 "using submarines" LoL the Windows version's been waiting for year

@jenniferstewarts4851 3 года назад

You forgot to mention, Torpedo bulges, in some cases were also used to store fuel. This was a trick the brittish used with regards to weight and volume limitations of the navel treaties. Since fuel and fuel tanks weren't counted in the weight/usable volume, the UK would "justify" it. and comically, in some cases even when fuel tanks weren't included in the torpedo bulges, the britts still "calculated" them as if they were.

@diablo11633 3 года назад

Interesting and world of warships looks fun gonna give it a try now

@Uddaybhaikabaap 3 года назад

I've got an online semester exam tomorrow but this seemed more pleasing.😂

@nightingale-d3e 3 года назад

"Well armored" Torpedo: PFFFFFFFTTT AHAHAHAHAHA.

@zinet3661 3 года назад

Thank you for teaching me History

@rickblackwell6435 3 года назад

Excellent video but no phalanx ever fired that slowly. LOL. Love to see more.

@Tiagomottadmello 3 года назад

Real nice vídeo ! 👍👍👍

@schepvogelk5971 3 года назад

Never knew about this, cool !

@TheLoremistress 3 года назад

Suggestion for a video. How torpedoes shifted away from impact to proximity detonating under the keel to break it. Also other torpedoes like the Italian circling torpedo of WW2

@Alpha_627 3 года назад

3:07 when to many people are smoking in the forward tower 😬

@Crosshair84 3 года назад

I noticed that too. Clearly an animation error.

@commandergeokam2868 3 года назад

Oh i loved the phalanx at the end Very good video btw

@brickproduction1815 3 года назад

You should do a video on the rope used to pulled aircraft when landing on carriers. I don't even know what that name is

@cypher_run2718 3 года назад

Naval engineers: How much thickness do you want? Admirals: **Breaths** *EXTRATHICC*

@Stop_Motion_Hub 3 года назад

“What’s that bulge in your bottom step ship?”

@jeffbergstrom 3 года назад

FWIW: Battleships are not slow. They were among the fastest ships afloat (which may still have been slow depending on what era but they were always faster than almost anything else except, maybe, aircraft carriers). Longer ships can, in general, go faster than shorter ships (for ships that sit in the water and do not plane over the top like a speed boat would).

@flaminghailstorm9149 Год назад

not agile, though

@jjbasco4714 3 года назад

@Simple History I hope you make a video on the Essex-class Aircraft Carriers in the future 👍

@DoubleBourbonBaconCheeseBurger 3 года назад

that ending was pretty cool can you do a video on where modern combat is headed?

@hiimryan2388 3 года назад

Fast answer: they literally cost more than an arm and an leg.

@verdant2215 3 года назад

Would love to see a video on Battleship Texas or Arizona

@theseabee1173 3 года назад

iam a weapon technician in the royal netherlands navy its so satisfying to work on a CIWS system and see it shoot at missles

@The_Scientist626 3 года назад

Amazing!!

@veronicalogotheti1162 Год назад

Thank you I didn't know that system

@ArmyJames 3 года назад

“...one of these costly AND valuable vessels.” They weren’t just costly, they were also valuable.

@Maurice_Moss 3 года назад

In my head, depth charges detonating, sound like Jango Fetts seismic charges 💥

@rdplayz9150 3 года назад

Nice content i love it

@KingslayaJ 3 года назад

Honestly I didn’t even know they had these neither have I noticed so I clicked on it to learn about them

@zhengsng6203 3 года назад

6:00 animated CIWS : "tut tut tut tut tut" Real CIWS : "BRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTT HISSSSSHHHHHH"

@jacobszymczak9323 3 года назад

They can also be flooded on one side to give more elevation and range to your main guns, but only if you're the USS Texas

@lefrenchaudir188 3 года назад

What about Revenge class bbs

@malifor2210 3 года назад

Oh so it’s essentially like spaced armor on tanks but for boats, I didn’t even consider that it would work for torpedoes!

@ealtar 3 года назад

"to fool or trick incoming missiles", they might also bamboozle, decieve, mislead and hoodwink, on occasion perhaps even swindle and dupe

@nickkorkodylas5005 Год назад

Torpedo: _"OwO what's this?!"_

@ronaldviens7862 Год назад

They are termed 'stabilizers' and they assist in countering the enormous recoil of a bank of 16 inch naval guns firing a broadside simultaneously(the recoil was known to force a 60,000 ton plus warship three feet back). The ship stands a chance of recoiling into a capsize without them. Navy ships are smaller today and have a minimum of heavy technology and lighter weaponry in the gun department.

@Onetruepossum 3 года назад

I'm only speaking on the last part of the video, but as a submariner, the most terrifying thing I ever heard on mission was "rig for depth charge"

@rosedruid 3 года назад

What about torpedo tech and tactic changes to allow detonation below the keel as opposed to on the side. That would seem to have been relevant.

@johnpotter8039 Год назад

I had the privilege of touring the U.S.S. Texas in dry dock in Galveston this past month. The corroded torpedo bulges are being replaced, along with repair and replacement of other hull plating. The astonishing thing is that the bulges installed during the 1925 refit were riveted. This meant drilling a whole lot of holes into the hull plating and riveting the outer framing and plating inside of very, very constricted spaces. The dry dock has a pile of scrap including sections of the old bulge plugged with foam and concrete to stop leaks. The ship will be in excellent condition when it is reflected. It is the last super dreadnaught in the world and a remarkable monument to naval technology and early 20th century shipbuilding.

@luisdominguez2048 3 года назад

I always assumed that it was intended for defending against icy seas. Not solid ice but just ice in the sea. Or that it had something to do with buoyancy