Iain Ballantyne
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Editor Warships IFR magazine and its associated guides to the US Navy and Royal Navy. Author of books, including 'Hunter Killers', 'The Deadly Trade', 'Killing the Bismarck', 'Arnhem: Ten Days in The Cauldron' plus a forthcoming novel.
Good point, but they do strip them out & so ensure the impact on the environment is reduced - also the navies do it very rarely. And the data they gather from a 'real' one every now and then helps to reduce that. Also feel footage provided here by Norwegians is chilling, hopefully helps deter war.
October 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Good point, but they do strip them out & so ensure the impact on the environment is reduced - also the navies do it very rarely. And the data they gather from a 'real' one every now and then helps to reduce that. Also feel footage provided here by Norwegians is chilling, hopefully helps deter war.
And a hint in this animation too www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySsg...
Denmark Strait Battle 24.5.1941 WW2 - HMS Hood & HMS Prince of Wales
YouTube video by Iain Ballantyne
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October 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM
And a hint in this animation too www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySsg...
The so-called 'gift' of drone footage 😢 Something on a much bigger scale, but which this video footage reminds me of very much (in all its horrifying detail) was the sinking of HMS Hood (from the POV of the 3 survivors) and as I conveyed in my book 'Killing the Bismarck' - relevant extract below.
October 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The so-called 'gift' of drone footage 😢 Something on a much bigger scale, but which this video footage reminds me of very much (in all its horrifying detail) was the sinking of HMS Hood (from the POV of the 3 survivors) and as I conveyed in my book 'Killing the Bismarck' - relevant extract below.
The same warship had been through earlier SINKEX and survived but, alas, not a back-breaking torpedo.
October 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The same warship had been through earlier SINKEX and survived but, alas, not a back-breaking torpedo.
