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Originally Posted by AndreasT
Although there is a crowd which claim the Bismarck was scuttled.
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She was scuttled. She was also torpedoed. Both sides have claimed the other was wrong for the past seventy years. I've always like the words of Baron Von Mullenheim-Rechberg in the documentary I saw: "To both I say 'Yes, you sank us.'"
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Regarding the pounding she got she would have gone down one way or another.
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Exactly. I once had a 'discussion' with one of those who believed Bismarck to be 'unsinkable'. I pointed out that the ship was a burning, listing wreck which would have gone down within hours anyway. The torpedoing and scuttling were both merely attempts to prevent the wreck from being salvaged by the other side.
Oh, and I have to thank you. In looking online to get the Baron's name right, I stumbled on the book written by himself. Now I have to buy it.
WOOHOO! $1.99 + shipping from Amazon for a collectible = $5.98 total!