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According to Dr. Ballard's expedition to the sunken war vessel, the German sailors scuttled their own ship; the German's sunk the Bismarck!
They scuttled it because they didnt want it to be captured the the british. also, the ship now rests upright about 3 miles underwater
And is a war grave so it will be hard to prove who sank her. The Nazi's were very forward at announcing Britiish losses, Royal Oak, Hood and Ark Royal etc but I don't think they were all that forthcoming when it came to their own losses, with Goebells they had one of the greatest spin doctors of all time and if he had anything to do with I cannot imagine a communique announcing that Bismarck had been sunk in action with units of the Royal Navy. Then there is the fact that the final attack was with torpedoes and they can be lethal. One other thought, the German navy although small was very proud. It is not all that common I would have thought for a captain to scuttle his ship in action especially a commited Nazi. Of course I could be wrong.
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