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

Through the miracle of the Internet I was able to find info on the
incident
referenced below (with 10 minutes to spare until bed).	Here is the
relevant
paragraph:

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By chance, two Italian M.A.S. motor boats, which had been hunting for
mines,
were waiting near the Island of Premuda for their
tow home. Luigi Rizzo was in No. 15 and Midshipman Aonzo commanded No.
21. At
3.15 in the morning smoke was sighted on
the horizon and soon the shapes of two large ships became visible. Rizzo
passed
through the destroyer screen and hit the SZENT
ISTV
ÁN amidships with two torpedoes. The battleship slowly rolled over and
sank
as the M.A.S. made their escape. Rizzo, timing it
exactly, released his depth charges under the bows of a closing
destroyer, and
forced it to give up the pursuit.

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The link to the site is: http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/ah1.htm

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.