sink the Bismark

[Pax Melmacia]

No one ever said Bismarck was sunk by Swordfish torpedos.

Ah, yes, you're right. I do remember now that Biz was struck last by ship-launched torps, and that it was an aerial torpedo that wrecked her rudder, which made her a sitting duck.

I'm trying to make a model of the Bismarck, and one puzzling thing I've encountered in my research is that even if a few crew members survived the war, none of them have been able to shed light on some unanswerwed questions like the scuttling (altho one claims he heard the charges go off) and whether the monstrous swastika on the forward deck was painted out or not before its last battle. (The Nat Geo pictures show a swastika, but it could have been covered by a tarp or else the fresh paint washed away through the years.) For that matter, no one can say for if the swastika's field was red or gray.