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===''Bismarck'' (1941)=== In 1941, the battleship ''[[German battleship Bismarck|Bismarck]]'', heavily damaged by the Royal Navy, leaking fuel, [[Angle of list|listing]], unable to steer and with no effective weapons, but still afloat and with engines running, was scuttled by its crew to avoid capture. This was supported by survivors' reports in ''Pursuit: the Sinking of the Bismarck'', by [[Ludovic Kennedy]], 1974 and by a later examination of the wreck itself by Dr. [[Robert Ballard]] in 1989. A later, more advanced examination found torpedoes had penetrated the second deck, normally always above water and only possible on an already sinking ship, thus further supporting that scuttling had made the final torpedoing redundant.<ref>{{cite AV media |title= Battle of Hood and Bismarck |publisher = PBS |year = 2002 }}</ref>
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