On September 28 a Sovetsky Soyuz with 78% crew remaining was sunk by an Haruna. I tell you how I did it.
“I challenge you to a duel”
“I accept”
There are four ways to destroy and enemy ship. Ramming, ammo detonation due to fire or shell, killing crew (my go to method) and flooding. Most people go for ether ammo detonation or killing crew. When facing a Leviathan this is a lot harder but not impossible. Ramming would do very little damage and take too long. This would leave us with flooding.
Flooding has been a game mechanic from the start. What I want to talk about specifically is the Unsinkability Mechanic from the “Hornet’s Sting” update. When a ship sustains too much damage in it’s section it permanently loses that section of hull which means breaches in those sections can’t be repaired. Too many sections lost will result in total ship loss by flooding.
First hull section destroyed
To do this you need to penetrate the outer armor of a ship. This can be done with all rounds including HE. Fragments from the can still penetrate armor to damage sections of the hull. Heavy armor does reduce the number fragments that can penetrate it. SAP can do the work better the HE but armor is still an issue. This is why AP shells are best used because it’s called Armor Penetration for a reason. The shell penetrates armor then detonate inside to do damage to the ship.
Second hull section destroyed and a wicked smile formed across my face
Many ships have layers of armor to protect the important parts of the ship (engines, ammo, elevators). You don’t need to penetrate this armor in order to destroy a hull section. Just the outer armor is needed to be cracked.
When sections of the hull are destroyed the ship will start perform worst due to flooding. Speed and turning are most affected. Aiming is also if the ship is listing to one side heavily. For a ship to lose the Unsinkability you would need to destroy two or more hull sections. For best results connect three destroyed (I do believe bow and stern of ships are ignored) hull sections.
Kill shot
Less then 30 seconds later she met Davy Jones locker
You don’t get a lot of score by doing this but you get to slay a Leviathan
