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

I am familiar with the incident and footage you're referring to, but the
exact
name of the ship escapes me.  IIRC it was just a few weeks before the
end of WWI
and it was an Austrian BB and a Greek (?) torpedo boat.  If I also
remember
correctly that particular ship was one of the worst BB's ever designed
being
deficient in speed, armor, and freeboard, although I wouldn't swear to
that.  It
was still sunk by a single torpedo though.  :-)  The History channel
refers to
the incident in both the Battleship and Torpedo boat episodes of Great
Ships.	I
think Discovery might show it in their Battleship episodes also.  It's
probably
one of the few pieces of video available that shows a battleship
capsizing.

(Geez did I just totally brand myself a geek or what?)	:-)

Bill

Ryan M Gill <monty@arcadia.turner.com> on 09/14/99 07:14:09 PM

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

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.