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To: Emperor Palpatine

Actually they built two of those. Oddly enough the second one (the Tirpitz) was sunk in a single shot.


4 posted on 02/26/2008 1:12:54 PM PST by agere_contra
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To: agere_contra

actually Tirpitz was sunk by bombers dropping huge bombs called “tallboys”. I got this excerpt from Wikipedia: Tirpitz was finally sunk immediately to the west of Tromsø, in the bay of Håkøybotn, on 12 November 1944 by 9 Squadron Lancasters with Tallboys on their third attempt. The ship was struck by three Tallboys. One glanced off turret armour, but the other two pierced the ship’s armour and blew a 200 foot hole into her port side. Soon after, internal fires set off a magazine and blew off “C” turret. Tirpitz capsized within minutes of the attack, and close to 1,000 German sailors, out of 1,700 aboard, died.


5 posted on 02/26/2008 1:22:10 PM PST by JG52blackman
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To: agere_contra

Yeah, but it took the RAF how many tries and only when they had their superbomb the “Tallboy”.


6 posted on 02/26/2008 1:29:41 PM PST by Emperor Palpatine ("There is no civility, only politics.")
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To: agere_contra
Even so. It doesn't compare to the one shot from "Bismarck" blowing the "Hood" in half and sinking her in less than two minutes.

After that they disabled another RN battleship "Prince of Wales" one shot hitting the bridge killing all there but the captain.


7 posted on 02/26/2008 1:45:45 PM PST by Emperor Palpatine ("There is no civility, only politics.")
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To: agere_contra

Oddly enough, it wasn’t. After an X class submarine planted a rather large charge under TIRPITZ, she was damaged, but not sunk. Several air raids by the RAF scored “bupkus”. It took 633 Squadron and specially designed 6,000 lb. “Tall Boy” bombs and [I believe] three hits to sink her in Altenfijord. The Germans built them tough.


8 posted on 02/26/2008 2:21:32 PM PST by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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