Why when ships are torpedoed they flip on their sides when they land on the ocean floor?

Answer 1

Not all of them do,it depends on the type of ship,where the torpedo hit,depth of water and currents.Modern torpedoes are designed to detonate under the ship breaking the keel and causing the ship to break in half.Actually the bottoms of large ships are rather flat.

Answer 2

This is not a pat answer for all situations because there are alot of actual pyshical sciences at work here ---but--in most cases the bottoms of most ships are not flat --they are rounded for the dynamics envolved .......because of this rounded bottom the ship will settle and then list to one side before the final settlling in

Answer 3

Well, assuming that the ship is fairly intact when it sinks its because the hull of the ship isn't flat. The hull is a U shape and consequently when it reaches the sea bed it loses balance and falls to one side.

Answer 4

the anwser is ismple the torpedo hits puting a major force in it and not only that but knocking half the weight out of one side thus making the other side heavy and pulling it down so it falls on that side.

Answer 5

Because the bottom of a ship isn't flat.

Answer 6

That's because the keel comes to a point and either an imbalance or the water current will push them over.

Answer 7

Because they're top-heavy, and when they fill up with water, the only determining factor left is the weight of the metal and where it's heaviest parts are located.

Answer 8

just might be not to many ships are flat bottom