HMS Victoria's collision was an obedience problem, not proof for ramming

If a ram attack was easy to evade, why did HMS Victoria collide with HMS Camperdown?

Because this was an ordered fleet maneuver shaped by obedience to Vice-Admiral Tryon, not a free combatant evading an enemy's deliberate ram.

A viewer asks why HMS Victoria could not avoid HMS Camperdown if a deliberate ram attack should normally be easy to evade. The exchange points to the decisive difference between hostile maneuver and a formation executing orders under a flag officer. A commenter stresses the reluctance of subordinates to challenge Vice-Admiral George Tryon even when the maneuver looked dangerous. In this interpretation, Tryon was testing and training his crews rather than demonstrating that collision was a reliable combat tactic. The case therefore illustrates command obedience, constrained maneuver, and organizational risk rather than vindicating the ram.