After less than two hours of battle, shells and torpedoes had reduced Bismarck to a wreck. She capsized and sank, with the loss of all but 110 of her crew of some 2300 men. Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler's reaction to Bismarck's loss produced a very cautious approach to future German ...
Complete operational history of the German battleship Bismarck, including the pursuit and sinking of the ship, technical data, wreck, drawings, warship models, naval books, etc.
Bismarck, German battleship of World War II that had a short but spectacular career. The Bismarck was laid down in 1936 and launched in 1939. It displaced 52,600 tons, mounted eight 15-inch (38-centimetre) guns, and had a speed of 30 knots. In May 1941 t
ww2dbaseThe Bismarck-class battleship Tirpitz was commissioned in Feb 1941, and set sail for Norwegian waters in Jan 1942 after nearly a year of training operations in the Baltic Sea. Although the German surface fleet in Norway was a major threat for Allied shipping in the North Atlantic, Tir...
Comments: This book includes the complete operational history of the Bismarck from inception to final demise, as well as detailed technical data on the ship's construction and design, information about the wreck, crew, etc. Illustrated with over 300 photos, plans and drawings carefully selected an...
31 Jan 2019Research Vessel Petrel, operated by the firm Vulcan, conducted a visual inspection of a wreck under more than 3,200 feet of water. The wreck was initially discovered by sonar in 2018. The images taken by Petrel allowed researchers to positively identify the wreck as the battleship...