Bismarck Vs Swordfish Meme

The squadron like many in the fleet air arm was equipped with fairy swordfish torpedo bombers.

Bismarck vs swordfish meme. Rather the swordfish was obsolescent it could do its job but other aircraft could do the job better. There have been various attempts to explain this. Yet she had successfully shaken off the royal navy ships that had been tracking her on radar and was making for the french port of brest for repairs. That was all in terms of installed anti aircraft artillery.

Virgin bismarck vs chad swordfish. After sustaining damage from hms hood the bismarck had reduced speed and range. Look how sad he is. The squadron had seen action aboard other carriers in the north atlantic the norway.

Epiic soniickzz 60 671 views. Posted by u deleted 6 days ago. What i wanted to point out is that the systems on board bismarck were not unable to follow the torp bombers if that were so the tirpitz wouldn t have been able to shoot down 2 albacores. This is a discussion on bismarck vs swordfish within the military history forums part of the armed services category.

View entire discussion 111 comments more posts from the historymemes community. That was all in terms of installed anti aircraft artillery. Posted by 1 day ago. Meaning that the germans.

Atlantic fleet dkm hutten and bismarck vs hms lion and uss north carolina duration. The most powerful battleship yet built was among the victims. Bismarck photographed from a swordfish from 825 squadron. I always thought it just did not have enough.

Agreed with the other points. In this video the reasons for the ineffectiveness of battleship bismarck s anti aircraft defenses are examined. Post feb 11 2007 1 2007 02 11t04 08. Accompanying the home fleet was the brand new aircraft carrier hms victorious with 825 naval air squadron embarked under the command of lcdr eugene esmond.

Posted by 2 days ago. The swordfish s slow speed was below that designed into the german s aa fire control. By definition the crippling the swordfish did not sink the bismarck they crippled it of the bismarck by swordfish torpedo planes shows that the swordfish was not obsolete could no longer do its job. The fairey swordfish biplane appeared obsolete but scored many notable torpedo hits during the war.

Two popular explanations have been. Much has been made of the bismark s inability to defend itself against the british swordfish torpedo planes. The bismarck was struck critically by an attack of 15 swordfish bi plane bombers yet wasn t able to shoot a single one down.