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14-03-2008, 11:09 AM
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You're Top Poster: #45   | Regarding sinking the Bismarck,.. Sometimes ago I read, A team of experts were sent to the wrecks of Bismarck, and after they evaluate the damages, possible hits etc. They came to conclusion that, Bismarck actually able to float at least for another 24 hours when British ceased the shellings and torpedoing her. It was also statement by a surviving crew of the doomed battleship that it was scutled instead. Infact one of the still alive surviving crew answered " it was sunk by both side" |
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14-03-2008, 01:01 PM
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You're Top Poster: #2  | I imagine this might have been the team led by David Mearns - the guys who re-discovered the Bismarck and surveyed the Hood. Interesting explanation. Was it HMS Dorsetshire that went in with torpedoes at the end? It's pretty much accepted fact but it would not surprise me if the Bismarck was still capable of staying afloat...not that it would have been of any worth.
__________________ http://www.454-459squadrons.org.au/. http://www.awm.gov.au/index.asp  Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM. Last edited by Antipodean Andy; 14-03-2008 at 01:03 PM.. |
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