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Many are familiar with the Swordfish attack from HMS Ark Royal, which dealt the crippling blow to Bismarck's rudder - but few know about the first Swordfish strike by HMS Victorious.
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@gruntopolouski5919

5 months ago

Flying without radios, GPS, etc.

At night.

Over the ocean.

From a “carrier”.

Shudder.

EDIT: I’m told below that the swordfish did have a radio in the rear seat. That still wouldn’t convince me that it was remotely easy to land in any kind of bad weather. Like darkness.

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@concise707

5 months ago

The one thing that a Swordfish didn't do was 'appear swiftly'! ("Climbed, cruised and crashed at 90 kts!" - Winkle Brown)

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@SNATCHYDBS

5 months ago

I will never forget what that English sailor said about the Battle " and I quote ...... We were angry and wanted nothing but to avenge the HOOD " .... Bismarck "
... She fought like a wounded Lion ,

But we were to many and her damaged steering gear made it impossible for her to Escape ......

But when i saw german sailors running along her superstructure jumping into the frigid seas and the burning fuel oil I felt ashamed of my joy at seeing Young men go to there Deaths choking on fuel oil sucked into there lungs ....... It was at that moment I realised they were just sailors like me serving there country ....


We Had to Sink her she was a very Dangerous foe and Would have been a deady threat to any and all ships in the Theatre .... His voice trembleling he Said," I saw sailors disappear under the waves .... And he then ended with the words

I took no pleasure in watching those lads perish .... God rest there souls .... 🙏

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@edtrine8692

5 months ago

You forgot to mention that Prince of Walses did a mission kill on Bismarck? Hitting Bismarck in the bow contaminating her fuel thus limiting her range.

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@kevinhunkin6364

5 months ago

The swordfish (string bag) was the most deadly torpedo bomber ever sinking more tonnage than any other plane

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@mikegracie3212

5 months ago

They talk about biplanes and show a picture of a PBY

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@charlessmith5177

4 months ago

I once saw an interview of one of the swordfish pilots. He was asked “how were you able to find Bismarck in the dark?” He simply said “It was easy, we just followed the tracer rounds that were coming at us from Bismarck”. Amazing & brave!

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@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

3 months ago

The Fairey Swordfish were designed & built in Britain from 1935 onwards, originally for the Greek navy, But when trialled prior to delivery they were seen to be so capable that the Royal Navy bought them instead.

They were biplanes for a very good reason. At the time they were designed existing aircraft engines were of relatively low power (especially for the British fleet air arm which was ALWAYS low down on the engine & aircraft "priority list") so to enable a carrier aircraft to carry aloft heavy loads needed a large wing area. Their biplane wing area was SO great that they could take off fully loaded WITHOUT the use of a carrier's catapult. This meant that in the stormy North Atlantic where the Royal Navy mainly intended to operate them, instead of being forced to take off at the carrier's bows (where the catapults are) and which is the part of a ship that rises and falls by the greatest amount in heavy seas, the Swordfish could take of from the middle of the carrier's decks close to the bridge where the pitching and rolling was the least.


It was for this reason in May 1941 that they were able to take off from HMS Ark Royal to attack Bismarck when the Ark Royal was struggling through an Atlantic gale in MOUNTAINOUS seas, with her bows rising and falling by nearly 60ft !!! Try to imagine how terrifying it must have been for the brave young crews flying them in those conditions. Those weather conditions would have prevented all other allied carrier aircraft of the era from flying and instead seen them safely lashed down inside the hangar deck.

They were also incredibly adaptable and throughout WW2 they were adapted to carry, bombs, depth charges, torpedoes, extra fuel tanks and even eight anti ship rockets as well as the world's very first naval airborne radars. They are widely regarded to have ended the war as the aircraft with the GREATEST amount of enemy shipping tonnage sunk, and were HUGELY loved by their crews.

They WERE to have been replaced mid war by a succesor, the Fairey Albacore, but the "stringbag" (as the Swordfish were affectionately known) were so ubiquitous that they outlasted the Albacore in service.

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@hectorgonzales3082

5 months ago

Talk about bravery...

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@monza1002000

4 months ago

​@neil999ish When the wreck was examined, there was no sign of compression damage which would indicate doors and sea-cocks were open as she sank. I would think the order to abandon ship would also include open everything to ensure is sank quickly and did not fall into British hands

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@aforeignertellingtruthinph2023

4 months ago

Looking back now I think the Officers who sent those flyers at Bismarck in Swordfish bi planes were insane.

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@mikemattick3831

5 months ago

Also because the sword fish were slow the radar controlled gun couldn,t lock on to them because they were slow

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@frankbaumgartner1229

5 months ago

the swordfish came from HMS Ark Royal

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@elijahhodges4405

2 months ago

Biplanes, it is still the greatest story of the English Navy during WWII.

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@DevonRomero-s1b

3 months ago

What film do these video clips come from?

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@GurmelSingh-jd1mr

4 months ago

Which movie is this please tell me

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@edkrach8891

2 months ago

Seordfish torpedo planes. Dated, but effective.

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@robertmadea9229

1 week ago

Shells penetrated planes without explosions. He didn't manage to shoot down any, but all been damaged with the death of few pilots. The torpedo hit the worst point. Bismarck slowed down to around 10 knots.

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@EugeneMurray-z1b

4 weeks ago

Thank you for saying
'HMS Victorious'

And not

'The' HMS Victorious! ✌️

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@markbrandon7359

4 months ago

Instead of hand cranks the Bis AA guns used electric motors to adjust windage and elevation and had 4 or 5 diff speed settings the problem was the swordfish had a top speed of 90 MPH against a strong wind there was no speed setting that could track a plane that slow

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