depth charge

A father has said his 24-year-old daughter’s suicide hit him like a "depth charge" which "shred things in ways that are difficult to describe".

“He hit the fish right on the head. I swear, man. It was like a depth charge. He frickin’ nailed this thing.

They included anti-submarine depth charges and smoke floats used to lay down cover for warships.

Among the munitions documented were Hedgehog and Mark 9 depth charges — explosives that were typically dropped from warships to attack submarines.

The next year, it suffered an accident in which depth charges on board exploded, gutting much of the ship and killing 34 crewmen.