(Baron Burkard von Mullenheim said the hits were scored by Hood with her third salvo), one of which caused water to leak into and contaminate fuel oil in storage. It is true we are only two ships [Bismarck was sailing with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen]. Ballard has kept the exact location of the wreck a secret to prevent other divers from taking artefacts from the ship, a practice he considers a form of grave robbing. For more than 70 years Bismarck’s superiority has been taken for granted.

Destroyers, cruisers and, most effectively, U-boats were constructed in great numbers, but the queens of the sea would still be the mighty battleships. From then on, she had to reduce speed to a maximum of 20 knots (37 km/h) to conserve fuel.

The Royal Navy needed to stop her. Bismarck slid down the mountain, coming to a stop two-thirds down. Some of the survivors, though, strongly maintain they saw him going down alive with his ship.

Do you believe PoW would've come back to help considering her state? She was accompanied only by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen. Moreover, his decision to stop in Bergen overturned any previous decision to head straight for the Arctic and the Weissenberg. The British ships were unaware they had come within firing range of Kapit?eutnant Herbert Wohlfarth's U-556. Yet this is not true. The Battlecruiser Squadron already bound for Iceland was ordered to cover the Denmark Strait. We are faster, we are unsinkable!”. The first salvo from Hood landed close to Prinz Eugen, causing minor shell splinter damage near the aft turrets. Heading north, then north-west at 24 knots (44 km/h), the German fleet made good and largely uneventful progress across the Norwegian Sea towards Greenland and the Denmark Strait between Iceland and Greenland, the gateway into the Atlantic. Material presented throughout this website is for historical and entertainment value only and should not to be construed as usable for hardware restoration, maintenance, or general operation. Furthermore Ballard's expedition revealed there were no signs of the implosions that occur when an air-filled compartments succumb to outside water pressure. Three features the designs had in common were their armament, three-shaft propulsion plant and the armour layout. This illustrates the capricious nature of battleship design in the interwar period and the early 1940s. What really mattered was not the size of the guns. A further example of outmoded design was the provision of both a secondary armament of twelve 5.9-inch (150 mm) guns and the inclusion of a separate battery of sixteen 4.1-inch (100 mm) high-angle (anti-aircraft) guns. The closest to such a claim was during her launching at the port of Kiel. Despite the encrypted order prohibiting the navigation to any military or civilian ship in wide sectors of We are going to sink their ships until they no longer dare to let them sail! However, Bismarck was not feared for her firepower alone. B-3 repeat B-3".

For this purpose, the ship was very well suited. The battleship "Bismarck" sank the British battlecruiser "Hood", the largest battleship of the British fleet, after a short and heavy battle. To clearly illustrate how Bismarck’s armament was less than equal to many if not most of the world’s major warships, it will be necessary to look at certain criteria. Cameron concluded that the torpedoes caused "no significant flooding.". by Dave Saxton » Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:03 am, Post The 1960 film added to the legend, and in time it was taken as fact. Bear in mind that the movie was made in 1959, a full 18 years after the Bismarck had been sunk. A later dive on the wreck also identified the location, and brought back further images, as part of a documentary sponsored by the British Channel 4 on Bismarck and Hood. Most recently (in 2006), the Bismarck was featured on an episode of the History Channel's "Dogfights" entitled "Hunt for the Bismarck". References in the Wehrmachtbericht to the Bismarck. Bismarck returned fire, but her inability to steer, and her list to port, adversely affected her shooting accuracy. "B-3" indicated uncertainty about the report's validity, since this information was more precise and timelier than anything the naval attach?ad obtained in a year at his station. At 65,000 tons, Yamato and Musashi carried nine immense 18-inch guns, the largest ever mounted on a ship.

The 14-inch gun was the standard in the U.S. Navy, appearing on nearly every battleship from the USS Nevada until the launching of USS Iowa in 1942.

However at 18:14 a second attempt succeeded, the two German ships parted and Bismarck signalled "Good hunting".

» Wed Aug 12, 2015 7:13 am, Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Limited. U-556 continued to shadow the British forces, reporting their position and guiding other U-boats to the area. Bismarck's chief claim to fame came from the Battle of the Denmark Strait in May 1941 during which the battlecruiser HMS Hood, flagship of the Home Fleet and pride of the Royal Navy, was sunk within several minutes. by RF » Wed Mar 04, 2015 9:02 pm, Post It was part of the legend. It changed the world more than any other single event in history. CG images of Bismarck from several angles as painted for Operation Rhein. Other capital ships, including the battlecruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, that were to have participated in the sortie were unavailable because of mechanical problems and war damage. Air reconnaissance by the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm under clouds on 22 May ascertained that the Bismarck had sailed from Bergen. At 09:08 a heavy shell from Rodney hit both of Bismarck's forward turrets, Anton and Bruno, disabling the latter; this was followed by another salvo which destroyed the forward control post, killing most of the senior officers. As reported yesterday, the battleship "Bismarck" was hit by a torpedo from an enemy aircraft and left unmanoeuvrable. While 11" HE is more destructive than 8" HE, Scharnhorst was still under armed to take on a KGV. The 1960 film added to the legend, and in time it was taken as fact. She was the first of Kaiser Wilhelm II’s new superdreadnoughts. Hood’s loss was a deep blow to Great Britain, and it only served to steel British resolve. Forrester’s bestselling book The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck, the documentary-style film tells a gripping and reasonably factual account of the most famous sea chase in history.

Already Scharnhorst and Gneisenau had sunk 22 ships totaling 115,000 tons. 400 miles west of Brest. Bismarck inflicted some damage to the British destroyers. The final battle of the Bismarck, 27 May 1941. by RF » Mon Aug 10, 2015 12:50 pm, Post The armour layout was far from efficient for modern warfare, and she was very much overweight for her actual combat efficiency.

The British had a stroke of luck on 26 May. There was no intention to dissimulate the magnitude of the new project This was later to have very serious consequences for Bismarck, especially as she had sailed from Gotenhafen with tanks less than brimful and had already used up about one-ninth of her full load during the voyage to Norway. Bear in mind that the movie was made in 1959, a full 18 years after the Bismarck had been sunk. The Germans were not surprised that they had been detected by British ships, but that they would turn out to be capital ships was an unexpected development. The new battleship was to be armed with eight 15-inch guns in four turrets and a dozen 5.9-inch rifles in six turrets. Determined to avenge the sinking of Hood, the British committed every possible unit to hunt down Bismarck. Design studies were conducted at length regarding the possibilty of powering the ship with diesel engines, but the prevailing logic of speed first resulted in her being fitted with steam turbines geared to triple screws. Although Captain Lindemann wanted to chase Prince of Wales and "finish her off", Admiral L ignored his suggestions since delay risked the possibility of encountering other heavy enemy ships. Overall, Japan’s battlewagons rank highest while the United States and Great Britain hover above France and Italy. by alecsandros » Thu Feb 12, 2015 12:11 pm, Post The North Carolina and South Dakota class battleships of the US Navy had 9- 16 inch guns. Of the shell holes pictured in Bismarck's armour, it cannot be confirmed by Ballard that they were full penetrations. Construction began on July 1, 1936 in Hamburg, Germany.

At 09:02 an 8-inch (200 mm) shell from Norfolk hit the main gun director, killing the gunnery officer, Adalbert Schneider, who had been awarded the Knight's Cross in the early hours of the same morning for his part in sinking Hood.

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