Trivia!

The closest thing I could find was the HMS Jervis Bay taking on the Admiral Scheer a pocket battleship. But she was an armed merchantman. My wiki-fu has been found wanting I guess =D.

 

How about French Destroyer Boulonnais attacking USS Massachusetts during Operation Torch?

 

In the case of the French Destroyer Boulonnais attacking USS Massachusetts and the Battle off Samar where the destroyers of Taffy 3 attacked the Japanese Battle group, the Destroyers were sunk. The event I am talking about the Destroyer survived the action! This destroyer exchanged fire with the Battleship for half an hour before breaking off the attack! And was order back to port because she was low on fuel and was not able to use her torpedos.

 

Well I was about to put down the USS William D. Porter accidental torpedo attack on the USS Iowa.. guess that is not the case =D

 

keep trying.

Or do I need to give a hint.

 

I gave up. Someone else can look it up hehe.

 

HMS Faulknor sunk SMS Pommern at Jutland ?

 

Faulknor was leading a larger group of destroyers. There were eight DD's behind her in two columns, with Marksman leading a further four destroyers behind them.

 

OPS, I forgot about the three Brit Destroyers.
So i guess that I will have to give it to you nick.

 

ORP Piorun took part, along with the British destroyers, in the search for the Bismarck (she was the first of the destroyers to spot the German ship). She joined in the shadowing of and torpedo attacks on the Bismarck during the night before Bismarck was sunk, and at one point they had an exchange of fire for half an hour. According to one report (detailed at the Auschwitz I exhibition, Oswiecim, Poland), Plawski transmitted the message "I am a Pole" before commencing fire on the Bismarck. This manouvre and the subsequent withdrawal caused Piorun to lose contact with the Bismarck. Piorun was very low on fuel, so at 5 am, she was ordered home before she had used her torpedoes. Plawski was extremely reluctant to leave the area and ignored Vian's order for an hour before returning to the UK.

 

I do believe that it is common knowledge about the invasion of the Philippines where four US destroyers engaged a Japanese Battleship task force.
But what about in the Atlantic.
There was an event where Destroyers attacked a Battleship!

Name the two ships and their Country? Extra points for names of the Captains.

 

Ops, make that name at least one of the destroyers and the battleship.

 

Interesting Note.
From what I could find, the Brit Destroyers only fired Torps at the Bismarck.
The ORP Piorun was the only ship to slug it out. 5 inch againts 15 inch guns!

 

Wow, 4 days and no question!! What's happening? Anyone out there?
J

 

I thought that I had passed the batan onto Nick...

 

I think he passed it back to you,

You're up!
J

 

ANd I had added some different questions.