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Originally Posted by peter12
Bismarck really turned out to be nothing when faced with the real warhorses of the Royal Navy. HMS King George IV and HMS Rodney turned her into Swiss cheese in a matter of hours.
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Only cuz Bismarck couldn't run away and was overwhelmed by multiple ships. Her rudder was hit and destroyed by Royal Navy aircraft torpedoes and she was basically stuck going in circles. i.e. large stationary target. All Bismarck's hull armor protection was useless when the rudder was so poorly protected. A design flaw akin to the whole battlecruiser design philosophy and a perfect example of the decline of big gun warships in favor of aerial naval power.