Well, ramming used to be BIG:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lissa_(1866)
One can't possibly blame the captain wanting to be as cool as admiral Tegetthoff back then:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lissa_(1866)
One can't possibly blame the captain wanting to be as cool as admiral Tegetthoff back then:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Glowworm_(H92)
Back in WWI it still worked, with the famous HMS Dreadnought ramming a submarine.