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...Is there an implication of the broken legs I'm missing?
Wikipedia has a video of the blast. Imagine standing on deck when the torpedo exploded and you'll understand why there were broken legs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_IRIS_Dena
Oh, I understand why, I was wondering if pointing it out was supposed to imply something else I wasn't getting.
There is something else which explains the word "mysterious" -- the last time a torpedo was used on a ship/boat was WW2, so because the rescuers were not familar with those type of injuries (as no one had seen them since 1945) is why they called them mysterious.
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/military-history/2026/03/04/this-wwii-submarine-was-the-last-us-boat-to-notch-a-torpedo-kill-until-this-week/
Wasn't the Belgrano sunk by torpedo?
Yes. Although it is perhaps relevant that Belgrano was of WW2 vintage, and Conqueror sank it with a torpedo that was first introduced in the 1920s, so a very different level of damage.
You're right.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARA_General_Belgrano
How I read that is that it's most likely that an explosion from below (torpedo) was the type of attack used.
I'm venturing a huge leap of a guess here, but my first thoughts were either:
Leaping from the deck of a huge ship into the ocean imperfectly is kinda like hitting concrete. Water is not "soft" when you're jumping from a ship deck several stories up and don't "pencil dive" just right.
Being on the deck of a ship suffering a catastrophic explosion below, strong enough to rupture the upper decks and "send the helipad flying meters high", would force the surface many sailors were standing on upwards, far too quickly and unexpectedly for their legs to brace.