1965438+In May 2006, during the naval battle of Jutland, the British warship "Rupps" fired a torpedo at the German warship. Due to the timely discovery, German warships successfully avoided torpedo attacks. Since then, this "free torpedo" has mysteriously drifted in the sea, with a journey of more than 654.38+ 10,000 kilometers. In 1960s, it traveled around the world's oceans for the second time, and then turned to the inland sea until 1972 suddenly disappeared.

Jutland torpedoes are likely to drift around the world because of the current flowing in the global ocean. This has nothing to do with torpedo technology, because don't say torpedo. Even a piece of wood is normal to drift so far. Experts believe that the reason why Jutland torpedo does not sink for a long time is that there is an air chamber in the middle of the torpedo body, which accounts for 1/3- 1/2 of the total length of the torpedo, and high-pressure air is stored in it. Because the charge of torpedo head is very small, only twenty or thirty kilograms, which can be close to zero buoyancy, it does not sink when floating. Moreover, it has no power, just relying on ocean currents to go south and north, east and west. As for why it became extinct, it is estimated that one is that the air cabin sank to the bottom of the sea after entering the water, and the other is that it drifted to the southern hemisphere, so people rarely set foot in it and it is difficult to find it.