Monday, November 13, 2006
This Day in History
On this day in 1941, while on its way to Gibraltar, the British aircraft carrier, Ark Royal, which had been instrumental in the sinking of the Bismarck half a year before, was struck by a single torpedo from U-boat 81. The resulting, progressive flooding quenched the boilers and cut off power to the pumps. All but one of the crew was able to abandon ship while the Ark Royal was towed towards Gibraltar. The doomed ship rolled and sank the next day.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:53 AM 
