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**themsrsdude** · 12-09-2008, 06:46 PM

Originally posted by Berzerker
he said they lived because they were caught in a massive bubble when the boiler blew and they got thrown up out of the top of the ship which apparently had buckled by then leaving air to fly threw instead of a deck. That's fictional, none of the three were inside the belly of the ship. Able Seaman Tilburn was on the deck aft, Ordinary Signalman Briggs was on the signal platfrom, and Midshipman Dundas was on the bridge. They were picked up by the Electra (directly, because it had sent its sea boat to search elswhere in the wreckage).
Tilburn
And what's up with you poverty stricken bastards, ain't you got not bloody boats? Signalman Briggs
Isn't that my rotten luck, to be picked up by a chatty ship. ... Oh god, my mates. Dundas]
'm sorry i can't salute sir, but I seem to have lost my cap KIA 94 officer and 1321 ratings

From the Bismark the DorsetShire pick up 2 officers and 100 ratings; The U-75 some hours later picked up 3, and the weather trawler Sachsenwald picked up two.
KIA 2,291.

Note the difference in the crew sizes (1,418 vs 2,408) for similar sized and armed ships, again the inefficiancy of the Bissmark design.

12-09-2008, 06:46 PM	#17
themsrsdude Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 477 Senior Member	Originally posted by Berzerker he said they lived because they were caught in a massive bubble when the boiler blew and they got thrown up out of the top of the ship which apparently had buckled by then leaving air to fly threw instead of a deck. That's fictional, none of the three were inside the belly of the ship. Able Seaman Tilburn was on the deck aft, Ordinary Signalman Briggs was on the signal platfrom, and Midshipman Dundas was on the bridge. They were picked up by the Electra (directly, because it had sent its sea boat to search elswhere in the wreckage). Tilburn And what's up with you poverty stricken bastards, ain't you got not bloody boats? Signalman Briggs Isn't that my rotten luck, to be picked up by a chatty ship. ... Oh god, my mates. Dundas] 'm sorry i can't salute sir, but I seem to have lost my cap KIA 94 officer and 1321 ratings From the Bismark the DorsetShire pick up 2 officers and 100 ratings; The U-75 some hours later picked up 3, and the weather trawler Sachsenwald picked up two. KIA 2,291. Note the difference in the crew sizes (1,418 vs 2,408) for similar sized and armed ships, again the inefficiancy of the Bissmark design.
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