 This was less surprising than it might seem to modern eyes, because it was expected that naval battles would be fought at a range of only a couple of thousand metres.The advent of steam power meant that ships were no longer restricted in manoeuvring by wind direction and had led to a belief that it would be possible to steer into enemy ships.Rams turned out to be a handicap in retrospect, as several warships were accidentally sunk by them – for example

The ship was fitted with two underwater torpedo tubes.