"Greg Hennessy" wrote in message
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On 30 Oct 2003 21:24:43 -0800, (WaltBJ) wrote:

Wonder
what it was like when the Tallboys came down. Richter 9?
Walt BJ

IIRC 3 of them hit the ship. Clean underwear time all round methinks.


There were 2 of these raids during which attacks were made.

On the first, which took place on 15 Sept 1940 the ship
was partly obscured by a smokescreen and only one bomb hit.

This hit about 50ft back from the bows and the bomb went
right through both deck and hull and exploded in the sea
bed below the ship. Much of the forward section of the hull
was flooded and a great deal of machnery damaged by shock.
The conclusion was reached that the ship was no longer fit for
sea and she was towed to Tromso to be used as a floating
fortress. This brought her within range of bombers from Scotland.

The second attack happened on 12th November and 2 hits were made
on the port side. The results were a massive explosion that blew
C turret right out of the ship which rolled over and sank very quickly.

Keith