被誉为“击沉俾斯麦的男人”的不列颠战争英雄于97岁去世。
THE BRITISH war hero who won fame as “the man who sank the Bismarck” has died aged 97.
皇家海军飞行员少校John “Jock” Moffat在二战中发射的鱼雷打残了这艘希特勒舰队的骄傲。
Royal Navy pilot Lieutenant Commander John “Jock” Moffat launched the torpedo that crippled the pride of Hitler’s fleet during the Second World War.
这次空中打击是在1941年5月26日由胜利号和皇家方舟号航母上起飞的双翼机（剑鱼）进行的，据说这是俾斯麦撤到法国沿岸安全水域前不列颠阻止这艘德国战舰的最后机会。
The air strike, carried out by biplanes from HMS Victorious and Ark Royal on 26 May 1941, was said to have been Britain’s last hope of stopping the German battleship before it retreated to the safety of waters off the coast of France.
在击沉了皇家海军旗舰胡德号后温斯顿丘吉尔严令无论付出任何代价也要击沉俾斯麦。
Winston Churchill had warned the Bismarck must be destroyed at all costs after it sunk the Royal Navy’s flagship HMS Hood.
在波涛汹涌的大西洋上，Moffat先生脆弱的剑鱼双翼机冒着枪林弹雨幸存下来并投下了致命的武器。
In a last throw of the dice, Mr Moffat’s flimsy Swordfish bi-plane survived a torrent of bullets and shrapnel to deliver its deadly payload in the stormy Atlantic.
当时仅21岁的Moffat先生在仅50英尺（约15.24米）的高度掠海飞行以取得攻击这艘船的最好角度。
Mr Moffat, who was aged just 21, skimmed the surface of the waves as he flew in at just 50ft to get the best possible angle of attack on the ship.
他用鱼雷毁掉了俾斯麦的船舵从而打残了它。
His torpedo crippled the Bismarck, destroying its rudder.
这艘战舰只能被迫原地打转直到被翌日早晨赶来的皇家海军本土舰队的炮火终结。
The battleship was forced to steam in circles until the guns of the Royal Navy’s home fleet arrived the next morning to finish her off.
Moffat先生曾如此描述这次任务：“当丘吉尔下令击沉俾斯麦时我们就知道要不惜一切去终止它的毁灭之路了。”
Mr Moffat once said of the mission: “When Churchill gave the order to sink the Bismarck, we knew we just had to stop her trail of devastation at all costs.
“剑鱼机的最伟大之处在于子弹只是直接穿过它，毕竟它是用帆布造的。就像是大卫和歌利亚。”
“The great thing about the Swordfish was that the bullets just went straight through. "After all, it was only made of canvas. It was like David and Goliath.”
在猎杀这艘以德国国父奥托·冯·俾斯麦命名的战舰过程中他所表现出的勇气已被载入不列颠军事史。
His bravery during the hunt for the warship – named after Germany’s founding father Otto von Bismarck – has gone down in British military history.
Moffat先生在攻击中的作用在之后的战争电影《击沉俾斯麦号！》中达到不朽。
Mr Moffat’s role in the attack was later immortalised in classic war film Sink the Bismarck!
1919年6月Moffat先生生于Kelso的苏格兰小镇，在1938年19岁的他作为预备役军人加入海军。
Born in the Scottish town of Kelso in June 1919, Mr Moffat joined the Navy as a reservist in 1938 aged 19.
在得到飞行员资格后他被派到皇家方舟号的759海航中队。
He was posted to Ark Royal with 759 Naval Air Squadron after qualifying as a pilot.
Moffat先生在跨越8年的海航生涯中曾服役过4个中队。
Mr Moffat served with four squadrons in a fleet air arm career spanning eight years.
战后他成了酒店经理。60岁时他再次升空，并驾机度过90岁生日。
After the war he trained as a hotel manager. He took to the air again in his 60’s and carried on flying beyond his 90th birthday.
近年来，他在苏格兰公投时没有支持任何一方，在2014年与苏格兰保守党领袖Ruth Davidson一同出席为联合王国发声。
In recent years he campaigned for the No side in the Scottish independence referendum, appearing alongside Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson in 2014 to make the defence case for the Union.
皇家海军宣布了他的死讯并说它失去了“一位最伟大的英雄。”
Announcing Mr Moffat’s death, the Royal Navy said it had lost “one of its greatest heroes”.