Here's a crazy alternate history idea for you: What if, instead of merely harassing and attacking the Bismarck, the crew of ORP Piorun rammed the Bismarck, boarded her, and captured her for the Free Polish Navy?
Here's a crazy alternate history idea for you: What if, instead of merely harassing and attacking the Bismarck, the crew of ORP Piorun rammed the Bismarck, boarded her, and captured her for the Free Polish Navy?
Her crew complement wast too small to take Bismark in a boarding action.
A spread of torpedoes plus ramming Bismark probably woundn't have been enough to sink the battleship. The damage would have caused the Germans to abort Operation Rheinübung with Bismark being out of action for "awhile".
Yep.Unless they manage to:Her crew complement wast too small to take Bismark in a boarding action.
A spread of torpedoes plus ramming Bismark probably woundn't have been enough to sink the battleship. The damage would have caused the Germans to abort Operation Rheinübung with Bismark being out of action for "awhile".