On this day in 1941, Fairey Swordfish aircraft from from 820 NAS, HMS Ark Royal attacked the German Battleship, Bismarck, with torpedoes.The attack damaged Bismarck’s rudder severely affecting manoeuvrability, allowing the Royal Navy surface units to engage and finish the job the next day.
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Stores Basin, Sembawang Dockyard, Singapore, 1974. RFA TIDESURGE and RFA TIDESPRING visiting with HMS LONDONDERRY, HMS SYCLLA, HMS DANAE, HMS CHICHESTER, HMAS VENDETTA, HMS HYDRA, HMS ARIADNE, HMS WASPERTON, HMS YARNTON, HMNZS OTAGO,
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