Brett Robson <deep_m_m@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Michael Cash wrote:
> 
> > The thing is, though, one needn't necessarily sink it to take it out.
> > These days practically every torpedo is of the acoustic homing
> > variety, which means they will be running for the screws. Bash the
> > screws and rudder enough and you severely hamper or destroy mobility,
> > which denies the effective use of the unit, which for tactical
> > purposes "takes it out".
> > 
> > The screws and rudder are the Achilles heel.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Interesting, and quite obvious when it's explained. That was how 
> the German battleship whos name esacapes me was crippled. Not the 
> Graf Spree, not the Hindenburg ...

Bismarck?

<http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq118-2.htm>

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