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Louisiana Team Finds Arc Royal

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the watch-for-it-on-history-channel dept.

index72 writes "The aircraft carrier responsible for sinking the infamous German Battleship Bismark was found in the Mediterranean by a Lafayette, Louisiana team working with the BBC. The article includes a picture of the really cool looking AUV."

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  1. Corrections by Paul+Jakma · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's HMS Ark Royal (not Arc).

    She didnt sink the Bismarck. Rather the Fairy Swordfish torpedo bombers she carried torpedoed the Bismarck, scoring 2 hits, one of which caused no damage however the other caused her rudder to jam. 4 other battleships, HMS Rodney, King George, Dorsetshire and Norfolk closed in and pounded the Bismarck till it sank.

    http://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/history/

    HMS Ark Royal is also famous for launching several, mostly unsuccesful but daring, raids on Italian warships moored at harbours. Most famously on Taranto.

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