Re: [FT] Re: Small vessels and the Line of Battle

On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, John Leary wrote:

> > On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Robert A. Crawford wrote:

First off this was me, not Robert. 

> > There was a battleship in WWI that was struck by a torpedo and
capsized. I can't
> > remember the damn name. One torp did her in. She capsized and sank.
The
> > dying throws were captured on film, crew streaming all over her hull
and
> > clambering up onto the side as it rolled over. Some made it to the
> > underside as it rolled over completely.

>      The one refered to is the sinking of the HMS Barham in the Med
> during
> WWII, lost 25/11/41.

Actually, I was referring to the Austrio-Hungarian ship that was covered

under this thread. 

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