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Hood would fire torpedoes if the bearing allowed

In a Denmark Strait counterfactual, Hood would fire her Mark IV torpedoes if completing the turn brought their tubes onto the required bearing.

Question

Would Hood have fired her Mark IV torpedoes if she completed the turn at Denmark Strait?

Short answer

Yes, if the turn brought the torpedo tubes onto a valid firing bearing.

Notes

A viewer asks whether Hood would have fired her Mark IV torpedoes after completing the turn and bringing a full broadside to bear at Denmark Strait. She would fire if the torpedo tubes had the necessary bearing. The controlling issue was the launch geometry rather than whether her guns could deliver a broadside. Later in the lecture, capital-ship torpedoes are described as last-resort weapons for a dangerous encounter that gunfire had not resolved.