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Originally Posted by plank10
This is slightly unrelated to my original question, but does anyone know whether the Bismarck received any modifications/changes/upgrades to the hull between its launch and sinking?
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You'll find a wealth of information on the link below (click on the Bismarck tab):
http://www.bismarck-class.dk/index.html
For many a year it has been debated whether she sank as a result of Royal Navy gunfire and torpedo damage or as a result of scuttling.
I subscribe on the side of the latter but she would not have been sunk without the former having taken place.
IMHO there is only one major fact of relevance...Churchill did not order that she be captured or immobilised but rather ordered "SINK THE BISMARCK" and that is precisely what the outcome was.
Another link for your perusal:
http://www.hlrgazette.com/2011-artic...-bismarck.html