{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_i2tz5tlxyuzk3dwppeqa","title":"Germany’s Battleship Bismarck Displaced More Than 50,000 Tons. A British Biplane That Flew Under 140 MPH Jammed Its Rudders.","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/germanys-battleship-bismarck-displaced-more-than-50-000-tons-a-british-i2tz5tlxyu","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_i2tz5tlxyuzk3dwppeqa","seq":312570,"kind":"article","title":"Germany’s Battleship Bismarck Displaced More Than 50,000 Tons. A British Biplane That Flew Under 140 MPH Jammed Its Rudders.","url":"https://www.19fortyfive.com/2026/09/germanys-battleship-bismarck-displaced-more-than-50000-tons-a-british-biplane-that-flew-under-140-mph-jammed-its-rudders","summary":"The Fairey Swordfish first flew in 1934 and joined the Fleet Air Arm in 1936, and by 1941 it looked like an antique: a fabric-covered biplane with an open cockpit, fixed landing gear, a Bristol Pegasus engine of about 690 horsepower, and a top speed under 140 mph. Its crews called it the Stringbag. But it was rugged, easy to handle at low speeds, and could fly from short carrier decks in bad weather while carrying an 18-inch torpedo. At Taranto in November 1940, Swordfish…","published":"2026-09-27T22:59:11Z","seen":"2026-09-27T23:29:12Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-19fortyfive-com-a82c5c","name":"19fortyfive.com","domain":"19fortyfive.com"},"via":"kite-19fortyfive-com-a82c5c","topics":["defense","aerospace & defense","bismarck","france","germany","royal navy","swordfish","swordfish torpedo bomber"],"authors":["Brandon Weichert"],"entities":[{"id":"Q150857","name":"Bismarck","type":"other"},{"id":"Q183","name":"Germany","type":"place"}],"story":"st_i2tz5tlxyuzk3dwppeqa","category":"science-technology","category_p":0.23000000417232513,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.550000011920929,"political":0.07999999821186066}]}