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I don't think the Japanese looked at Taranto as a model for Pearl Harbor—in 1904, there were also "accidental" torpedoes attacking the entire fleet at Lushunkou, but there were no aircraft at that time—but the Japanese studied the British experience very carefully, including the composition of convoys, the composition of air raid formations, and the order of air raid target selection!
The British p.s.3 torpedo accurately hit italy's newest battleship "Rittorio" in this air raid, causing serious damage to it - the battleship ran aground, and the Rittorio was hit by three torpedoes, the first of which was between the first and second turrets, and this part of the hull had the Prese anti-torpedo defense system, causing only one 10 meters long, But then two torpedoes hit the stern part and the bow no. 1 turret, because the Presse system was only 120 meters long, the two torpedo hits were outside the system protection, causing a large amount of water, especially the third one in the bow position caused a 11 meters long and 9 meters wide hole, and caused the bow auxiliary motor to stop working and could not drain water, and finally had to sail to the shallow water position in the harbor to run aground for self-rescue.
Drawing of the foreign god, published in the book of the same name by the Osprey Society