How does an underwater torpedo impact causes fire amid warships?
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Modern torpedoes cause a shock wave below the boat.
This does two things,
* flexes the middle of the boat upward,
* followed by the boat falling into the gas filled bubble where the torpedo exploded.
This breaks all kinds of things in the boat.
Military Boats are usually filled with weapons / munitions, fuel, and electrical systems. Tossing, mixing and stirring all this together tends to cause a fire.
Sometimes the munitions explode from the shockwave.
these are what cause the fire.
Remember that some detonations (like ANFO) require oxygen for combustion. These can only happen in the air filled environment of the boat, and above the water.
Other detonations happen when unstable molecules (TNT, TNP, Nitroglycerine) break apart because they are unstable. These can happen without oxygen.
Many packaged explosives for underwater use either have an oxadising agent or don’t need oxygen.
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