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The battleship Scharnhorst caught in heavy seas.

The Scharnhorst class were generally regarded to be poor sea boats by the German Navy. Though Germany attempted to fix this by modifying the ships with an improved "Atlantic" bow, the ships remained very wet. This was largely due because they were overweight at the bow. The additional weight forced them to bury their nose in waves rather than ride over the swells. In turn, this caused them to ship considerable amounts of water over the forward decks.

The issue was so bad that it could disable parts of the ship. During Operation Weserübung, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau encountered the British battlecruiser HMS Renown. After a brief gunnery duel, the German ships broke off and retreated. During the high speed escape, Scharnhorst took so much water over the bow that it flooded her forward 28cm turret (Anton) and disabled it.

The 16inch projectile and six powder bags on the deck of the USS Iowa (BB-61). This gives a great perspective of how huge that projectile is.

https://navalhistoria.com/turret-explosion-on-uss-iowa/

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