creps@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Steve Creps) (05/21/91)
From: Steve Creps <creps@silver.ucs.indiana.edu> >> HMS Rodney torpedoed the Bismarck during there battle. >Weren't the battleships too low on fuel to manuever for torpedo-shots? >In fact, the battleships actually left for 'home' before Bismarck was >torpedoed by HMS Dorsetshire, with Bismarck sinking shortly thereafter. According to _Famous_Sea_Battles_ by David Howarth: "... The _Rodney_ at 10 o'clock was firing 9 gun salvoes of 16-inch shells at a range of 3,000 yards. She also torpedoed her, probably the only occasion in history when one battleship torpedoed another..." "At 10.15 am the _KG5_ (_King_George_V_) and _Rodney_ had urgently to turn for home for lack of fuel..." The book shortly after describes the _Dorsetshire_'s attack on Bismarck. - - - - - - - - - - Steve Creps creps@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (129.79.1.6) {inuxc,rutgers,uunet!uiucdcs,pur-ee}!iuvax!silver!creps