![]() ![]() For example, when the German fleet was scuttled at Scapa Flow, some of the capital ships capsized and landed At least some of the earlier ships of the Imperial German Navy did have some means of Used by the Germans on this ship (see below). In the case of Bismarck, the hold down devices may not haveīeen strong enough to prevent them from falling out or they may have been damaged during the battle or possibly they simply were not The roller race foundation and stop the turret from upsetting. They were designed such that if the turret was to start to come out of the roller path, the clips would hit against the bottom of These clips were metal brackets attached to the rotating structure that hooked around the roller path foundation. The reason for these turrets not falling out is because of the presence of "Turret Holding Down Clips" which went into use by most 1 Similarly, the floor and stalk of "A" turret on HMS Hood remain in place, although the turret walls, roof and guns were torn Photograph, her "A" and "Y" turrets have been suspended over the sea bottom for more than 75 years and still have not yet fallen In the case of the Japanese battleship Nagato, as can be seen in the adjacent Ship, even though they capsized while sinking. However, this ignores many other warship wrecks that still retain their turrets within the Ballard where the turrets have indeed fallen out of the shipĪnd lay scattered in the debris field. Inspired by the discovery of the Bismarck wreck in 1989 by Dr. Since that time, I have seen the "turrets fall out" statement in many different articles about battleships. Lust4Rust and used here by his kind permission. Photograph copyrighted 2015 by Pete Mesley of Inverted wreck of the Japanese Battleship Nagato at ![]()
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