I saved the Bismarck...kinda

[Darthlucky]

Managed to torpedo and sink both the Rodney and King George V, decided to watch the battle between the KM Bismarck and two heavy cruisers, both cruisers were sunk, but the Bismarck was left immobile and afire. Win some, lose some.

[Hambone307]

I managed to get off my torps fast enough a while back to save the Bismark as well. Only thing I noticed was that she just kept going round in a circle. I figured her rudder was jammed to port from getting hit with those deck guns on the Rodney.

[danasan]

...which has historically been just exactly so.

Read more? Here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Bismarck


Historically correct would be, that her rudder was jammed by a torpedo fired by a Fairey Swordfish (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish) - Torpedobomber (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpedobomber) and locked to port :O:.

[Aktungbby]

Historically correct would be, that her rudder was jammed by a torpedo fired by a Fairey Swordfish (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish) - Torpedobomber (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpedobomber) and locked to port :O:.

Indeed! 15 degrees to port which could have been possibly offset by proper counter by the ships propellers had ADM Lütgens topped up his tanks when advised to do earlier(at Norway)in preparation for his Atlantic sortie. Short on fuel and leaking fuel when finally cornered By HMS King George V and Rodney, Bismarck in rough seas was forced by poor fuel considerations to operate at considerably reduced speed. In the ferocious exchange of battle, HMS Rodney was straddled and sustained damage to her starboard torpedo tube: "One of Bismarck '​s shells exploded 20 feet off Rodney '​s bow and damaged her starboard torpedo tube—the closest Bismarck came to a direct hit on her opponents." In return: a 16-inch shell from Rodney struck Bismarck '​s forward superstructure, killing hundreds of men and severely damaging the two forward turrets. According to survivors, this salvo probably killed both Lindemann and Lütjens and the rest of the bridge staff. The forward main battery was disabled...,700 main battery shells later, many at very close range; Bismarck had been reduced to a shambles, aflame from stem to stern. She suffered from a 20° list to port and was low in the water by the stern. Rodney closed to 2,700 m (3,000 yd), essentially pointblank for guns of that size, and continued to fire. ADM Tovey could not cease fire until the Germans struck colors or it became clear they were abandoning ship Rodney also fired twelve 24.5" torpedoes at Bismarck whilst zig-zagging across her bow; most of the torpedoes missed, but one hit Bismarck and exploded amidships on the starboard side, torpedoes from her port-side tube and claimed one hit. ... "if true, this is the only instance in history of one battleship torpedoing another". WIKI https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/HMS_Ark_Royal_swordfish.jpg Torpedoless Swordfish returns to HMS Ark Royal after attack on Bismarck:salute:HMS Rodney firing on Bismarck... seen in distance...http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Rodney_firing_on_Bismarck.png