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Last I heard it was FGS, Federal German Ship, yes, in English!!!!! I was surprised it was not BMS, Bundes Marine Schiff.

But it may now be DMS, Deutsche Marine Schiff, since the merging of the Bundesmarine and the Volksmarine.

Brad

Hi Karl! I will sort through my charts and see what I can do. It may take a while as some of them are quite large and fragile. As well as the Official Despatches, and Corbett's Vol III, I also have some German sources with charts. Did you know that Scheer's history of the KM in WW I is available on ...

Hmmmm.......

Not sure, but is it not now the Deutschesmarine?

I understand that Bundesmarine was used to distinguish it from the Volks marine when Germany was divided.

Brad
Australia

If you can find a copy of Andrew Gordon's "Rules of the Game," you will get a great source on positions. After the battle, there was a publication called, "The Battle of Jutland; Official Despatches," published by the Admiralty, and includes a case of charts, around 20 IIRC. I ha...

Hi Antonio! Many thanks fot those 2 links. I am particularly interested in the facilities used by the U-boat arm. So a plan of the area with details about where boats were fuelled, where they loaded ammo and stores, etc. I guess the maintenance facilities would depend on what work needed to be done....

Interesting thread. I doubt there will ever be another Bismarck, not for any political reason, but simply because the name is preserved for the gallant stand Bismarck made against overwhelming odds. She has joined other names that will likely never be used again, also representing major losses, Yama...

Can anyone point me in a direction where I might find plans of the layout of each of the KM bases at Wilhelmshaven and Kiel. Ideally, I would like to find out where various facilities were located, ie., torpedo loading, victualling, fuelling, maintenance, etc., at both bases during the war. Thanks, ...