Catastrophic Magazine Explosion

[Bullethead]

Well, I finally saw a ship blown completey up by a magazine explosion that was caused by shellfire. Check the attachment :PIMP: . It's got 3 pics, 2 of which show the early and late stages of the explosion as seen in the game, and the last is the "I" screen immediately after the explosion.

Note in the 1st battle screenshot that the ship was sinking immediately, but that the "I" screen shows that the flooding hadn't gotten ahead of the pumps. Flooding wasn't an issue since the ship was in little pieces ;).

I like how the flying fragments were leaving smoke trails, as if they were burning shells or charges, not just pieces of metal :cool:

[FuurinKazan]

very nice shots!
I've only had a quick glance at one so far. Retvizan suffered one at Port Arthur in a campaign I had going-don't worry, it was from a torpedo hit, not a 47mm! Anyways, it sunk in 10 seconds, and I didn't really get a good look.It's nice to finally see the animation.

[saddletank]

I've seen bits flying off leaving smoke trails many times but usually only one at a time, I count 10 in your first pic :)

[Daedalus]

Well, I finally saw a ship blown completey up by a magazine explosion that was caused by shellfire. Check the attachment :PIMP: . It's got 3 pics, 2 of which show the early and late stages of the explosion as seen in the game, and the last is the "I" screen immediately after the explosion.

Note in the 1st battle screenshot that the ship was sinking immediately, but that the "I" screen shows that the flooding hadn't gotten ahead of the pumps. Flooding wasn't an issue since the ship was in little pieces ;).

I like how the flying fragments were leaving smoke trails, as if they were burning shells or charges, not just pieces of metal :cool:

Now that is a big Bang. Great Pic,s also.
That must have been hard to catch while it was going on.

[Bullethead]

That must have been hard to catch while it was going on.

Total coincidence, actually. I was looking at the IJN ships and just happened to hit pause at just the right time to look for a shell hole in Asama. Then the sinking message in the text buffer caught my eye. I panned around and there was the big explosion just starting :smoke:

[mbv]

Nice! Never seen this before, just look at all those debris splashes on the water. I wonder if the animation is even more dramatic for a battleship going up, or is this a generic explosion effect.

[Zouave]

I've seen two such explosions so far. One was caused by a fire, not shells. The ship was burning from earlier hits, and by chance I had zoomed in to look and BAM it exploded and sank like a stone. Nice to know that the flame graphics are more than just eye candy.

The second time, it was almost cruel to watch as a BB shell hit a damaged gunboat and a second later the magazine blew. :shock:

[Zakalwe]

Wow,

nice catch.

Z.