How does an underwater torpedo impact causes fire amid warships?
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First, consider what is war and what are weapons? Boiled down to the fundamental, weapons are about directing and projecting energy to a destination from a source. The more energy, the more destructive.
In order to move and deliver the energy of the weapon, war vehicles themselves have to be capable of maneuvering and surviving on the battlefield. Therefore the vehicles themselves have not only to carry the stored energy of the weapons but also have sufficient stores of energy to move fairly quickly.
Well all that energy is fine when contained and controlled. But any disruption (say fuel tanks and pipes) or early detonation of weapons will result in an uncontrolled release of energy. Heat is one of the more fundamental forms of energy and therefore it is a very common outcome – things burn or explode.
A warship generally holds thousands of tons of fuel. Not to mention probably tons of explosives.
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