'Bellerophon-class' Battleship is British Navy's earliest mass-produced dreadnought. After the 'Dreadnought' Battleship was launched into service, construction of 'Bellerophon-class' Battleship started. A total of three ships of the same class were built, directly pushing British Royal Navy into the era of dreadnoughts.
However, as a standard dreadnought, the performance of 'Bellerophon-class' Battleship is undoubtedly much worse than the later super-Dreadnought. 'Bellerophon-class' Battleship has a displacement of less than 19,000 tons and is equipped with five twin-mounted 305mm Main Gun. However, only four main guns can fire on the same side. In terms of armor, the thickness of the main armor belt is 254 mm, and the armor of the turret and command tower is 280 mm. This kind of defense is not considered weak among the British Navy battleships. However, compared with German Navy, it is undoubtedly much worse. The maximum speed is only 21 knots. After serving for several years, the maximum speed can now be considered good at 189 knots.
German Navy's Carrier-based Aircraft Unit, took 'Bellerophon-class' Battleship as their first choice for attack. Compared to British Navy and other Battleship, this level of Battleship is undoubtedly much weaker and easier to sink. After all, the Light Aerial Torpedo now equipped with Carrier-based aircraft is too weak. It will undoubtedly be difficult to deal with those super-Dreadnoughts with thick armor.
Four Torpedo Bomber rushed towards British Navy's 'Bellerophon' number Battleship, which made the Britain sailors on the battleship look at each other, wondering what these German aircraft were going to do.
When the four Torpedo Bomber flew to a distance of only more than a thousand meters from the 'Bellerophon' number Battleship, their altitude had dropped to only more than a hundred meters from the sea.
A Torpedo Bomber dropped Torpedo, and Torpedo hit the sea heavily and sank directly. Then it surfaced again and quickly rushed towards the number 'Bellerophon' Battleship.
The other three Torpedo Bomber also dropped Torpedo at this distance. Four Torpedo rushed towards the number 'Bellerophon' Battleship in a fan shape.
"What is that thing?" The Britain sailors on board the 'Bellerophon' saw the plane dropping something onto the sea, but they didn't know what it was.
Of course, when they saw four Torpedo rushing toward them quickly, they immediately understood everything.
"God! Torpedo, those planes can drop Torpedo." A British officer was so frightened that he Panic yelled.
"Quickly evade! Four Torpedo on the port side, evade immediately!" The captain also immediately issued the evasion order.
'Bellerophon' No. Battleship immediately started emergency steering. However, it is not that easy to turn a huge warship with a displacement of nearly 19,000 tons and a length of more than 160 meters. After all, this is the Battleship, not a boat.
In the horrified eyes of the British Royal Navy officers and soldiers on the battleship Bellerophon, four torpedoes were getting closer and closer to them. Even though the battleship has begun to turn now, it is almost impossible to escape.
"Boom!" The first aviation line Torpedo hit the stern of the Battleship ship 'Bellerophon', and a violent explosion occurred in the warhead. The huge power immediately tore a large hole in the underwater armor of the 'Bellerophon' number Battleship.
Immediately afterwards, among the other three Torpedos, one Torpedo hit again, tearing a hole in the middle of the ship of the 'Bellerophon' Battleship. The other two Torpedo were missed.
Being hit by two Torpedo, even a light Torpedo, this is enough for the Battleship number 'Bellerophon' to drink a pot.
"Quick, carry out damage control immediately and make sure to plug the loopholes." The captain shouted at the top of his lungs.
When two loopholes appeared under the waterline of the battleship, if the loopholes were not blocked, the consequences could be imagined. At that time, the entire battleship will be sunk.
At the same time, the 'Magnificent' and 'Reckless', ships of the same class as the 'Bellerophon-class' Battleship, were also attacked by the German Navy's Carrier-based aircraft's Encirclement Offensive. These two Battleships were also attacked by one Torpedo and two Torpedo respectively.
Moreover, this was only the first attack of German Navy's Carrier-based Aircraft Unit. The 12 Torpedo Bombers started to return after dropping Torpedo. They need to return to the aircraft carrier to mount the new Torpedo, and then rejoin the attack.
The other 12 Torpedo Bomber continued to attack 'Bellerophon-class' Battleship. In the previously drawn up combat plan, Carrier-based Aircraft Unit's mission is to sink British Navy's 'Bellerophon-class' Battleship and 'St. Vincent-class'Battleship, after taking care of a total of six Battleships in these two levels, he waited for an opportunity to launch an attack on British Navy and other Battleships. Of course, for those Battleships with relatively thick armor, it would be very difficult to sink them with the light Torpedo. However, even if they can be injured, this will be very beneficial to the next main battle.
Britain Royal Navy Grand Fleet's flagship 'Vengeance' number Battleship, John? Admiral Jellicoe and David? Vice Admiral Beatty, were already shocked beyond measure.
In the distance, German Navy's Carrier-based aircraft were launching Encirclement Offensive against three 'Bellerophon-class' Battleship. However, they could do nothing and could only watch from a distance. This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to them.
"Damn it, German aircraft was actually able to launch Torpedo. How did they do it? How did they come up with such a tactic?" John? Admiral Jellicoe was going crazy.
He had never heard of this new tactic used by German Navy. The entire British Royal Navy was completely unprepared for this. Under such circumstances, we are completely at the mercy of German Navy and Carrier-based aircraft!
"It would be great if our battleships were equipped with anti-aircraft weapons." David? Vice Admiral Beatty sighed.
However, it is too late to say this now. They had never expected that German Navy would adopt such a tactic, so naturally it was impossible to prepare in advance.
'Bellerophon' number Battleship was once again hit by two Torpedo in the subsequent attack. This caused the battleship to continuously take in water. Despite the efforts of damage control personnel, they were still unable to plug the leak. As a last resort, they had to close the watertight compartment. However, due to too much water, the battleship could no longer maintain its balance, causing the battleship to capsize on the sea. 'Bellerophon' Battleship also became the first warship in history to be sunk by Carrier-based aircraft.