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Originally Posted by dyna mo
Some historians think that this naval strategic blunder by the germans changed ww2, if the Bismarck hadn't drawn attention to herself by sinking the Hood, she would have made it to the shipping lanes of the Atlantic and shut down supply lines.
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the hit was from a shell dropping almost straight down hitting on the boat deck, from 10+ miles away, which is relatively close for navel engagements ... which sank in only three minutes minutes.
Hood sank with 1418 men aboard. Only three survived: Ordinary Signalman Ted Briggs, Able Seaman Robert Tilburn, and Midshipman William John Dundas.[68] The three were rescued about two hours after the sinking by the destroyer Electra, which spotted substantial debris but no bodies.