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Michael Peck, National Interest: Everything You Need to Know: 5 Ways to Kill a Battleship
What’s the best way to sink a battleship? Put a hole in it.
Easier said than done. Yet for all their vast hulls, big guns and thick armor plates, these titans of the sea have proven quite mortal since their debut in the early years of the twentieth century. More than a hundred battleships and pre-dreadnoughts have succumbed to various causes, according to one vigorously sourced list.
So here are the top five ways in which battleships die. Note: some cases are ambiguous. For example, the Bismarck was damaged by a torpedo launched by British Swordfish aircraft, which slowed the German battleship until the Royal Navy’s battle fleet caught up and sank the Bismarck with gunfire. So should credit for the kill be shared?
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WNU Editor: One can say the same thing about aircraft carriers .... with a few more hits to kill them.