Sinking of the HMS Nelson (3 strikes)

The sinking of HMS Nelson was a naval engagement in the Second World War, part of the Battle of the Atlantic, that took place north west of the Orkney Islands where the HMS Nelson was sunk by U-56 commanded by Wilhelm Zahn on the 30th October after being struk by three torpedos. The ship was carrying First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill, Admiral of the Fleet Dudley Pound and Admiral Charles Forbes.

Attack
At 10 a.m. on 30 October 1939,   U-56 managed to avoid detection by the 10 destroyers and battle cruiser Hood,    protecting the Home Fleet west of the Orkneys and came within striking distance of HMS Nelson and Rodney.

Three cruisers were heading straight toward the U-boat's position, making any attack by it almost impossible, when suddenly they veered by twenty to thirty degrees from their previous course opening the field of attack and bringing the boat into a direct line of fire with HMS Nelson and HMS Rodney. Rodney was the lead ship of the convoy and Wilhelm Zahn decided to wait until it passed and concentrated his sights on the Nelson. The U-boat came within the point-blank range of 800 metres of the ship and U-56 then fired 3 torpedos from it's torpedo tubes at the ship.

Unbeknownst to Zahn, aboard the flagship HMS Nelson were First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Forbes, and admiral Sir Dudley Pound who was the First Sea Lord at the time. The reason for the gathering was Winston Churchill's decision to convene a conference with the leadership of the British Navy because of the sinking disaster of HMS Royal Oak caused by a U-boat attack during which 833 servicemen died.

Sinking of the HMS Nelson
The 3 torpedos struck the keel of the ship and unlike OTL where two of them broke and one of them hit but did not detonate and then contuined on further out to sea they all exploded in ATL. The 3 torpedos detonate blasting holes in the HMS Nelson's hull and throwing up a large water column. The ship moving at around 15 knots rapidly started to take on water and began to capsize in rough conditions sinking in under 10 minutes.