Pure tenacity! If you can't win, then at least you can get the satisfaction that you enemy can't sink you. Typical German.Originally Posted by AggonyDuck
"So you zink you can sink our ship? Try you weakling British pondsailors! I dare you!"![]()
Anyway, it couldn't have been Hipper that did the damage. The simple fact is she hit Hood a handful of seconds prior to the destructive hit. Given that she was firing entire broadsides and not staggered volleys it can't have been her.
Her hit(s) caused a serious fire just ahead of the bridge where a large crate or stash of flares was held. This is clearly stated.
Besides, her fire didn't plunge enough to be able to punch through to the bottom of Hood. Her shells would at best explode at about sealevel.
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