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From: nzt1939@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil (William M. Aldo)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Bismarck torpedoed?
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Date: 20 May 91 13:24:13 GMT
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From: nzt1939@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil (William M. Aldo)


>>nzt1939@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil (William M. Aldo) writes:
>Bismark's steering system was heavily damaged from at least one torpedo
>from a Swordfish, and British destroyers also performed torpedo attacks
>on the Bismark while it was still shooting (the shells were setting off
>their air-raid warning radars).
>
>Some damage below the waterline should be visible.

I wasn't questioning whether Bismarck had been torpedoed (I know she was hit
by several causing some damage)...I was questioning whether torpedoes had
been fired at Bismarck by the battleships (i.e. Rodney, King George V, etc)
during the final battle on the morning of 27 May '41.

Bismarck is setting right-side up, but most area below waterline is buried.
BTW, the destroyers did little damage with their torpedoes, other than to dis-
rupt Bismarck's crew in their attempts to repair the 'jammed' steering gears.

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