[Rockpile]

Speaking of the Bismarck, just last night I was perusing a website of Royal Navy losses in WW2. Damn they lost a lot of vessels and crew especially from 1940-42.

I reside near 500 miles fron the sea in a semi-desert area but have always found ships and such fascinating.

[Robwin]

A truly hokey movie about the Battle of NO was made in 1958, The Buccaneer. Despite offering a cast of Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Claire Bloom, Henry Hull, and a number of other qualified actors (Lorne Green plays a cowardly NO resident), the storyline is laughable and the acting is, let us say, subpar given the cast (picture Moses as General Andrew Jackson). Watch for it on your late nite TV.