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- Thu May 19, 2005 5:21 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Artillery Incident on 23 May 1941, 2044 hours?
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(...) On board the Bismarck the forward radar instrument (FuMO 23) had been disabled by the blast of the forward turrets. Because of this, Admiral Lütjens ordered his ships to exchange positions and the Prinz Eugen with her radar sets (FuMO 27) intact took the lead... is there any confirmation of t...
- Tue May 10, 2005 2:04 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Artillery Incident on 23 May 1941, 2044 hours?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10055
- Tue May 10, 2005 1:59 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Artillery Incident on 23 May 1941, 2044 hours?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10055
- Tue May 10, 2005 1:29 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Artillery Incident on 23 May 1941, 2044 hours?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10055
ok 1. Bismarck was firing on Norfolk - this is confirmed by by both sources but there are differences about time and distance German War Diary vs other sources: time: 19:22 - vs - 20:30 distance: 13000 m - vs - much less at other sources (f.e. 6400 m by Müllenheim) 2. British cruiser firig on Prinz ...
- Tue May 10, 2005 1:43 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Artillery Incident on 23 May 1941, 2044 hours?
- Replies: 17
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as one could see there are few things to establih about this short period of time - 23 of May 1941 evening because there are so many variances between War Dairy and other sources 1. who was firig on who, and 2. what was the time, and 3. what was the distance, and 4. what was the reason (or main reas...
- Tue May 10, 2005 1:00 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Artillery Incident on 23 May 1941, 2044 hours?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10055
well I've read this fragment of Müllenheim-Rechberg, surely but it brings even more confusion first of all it is about Bismarck firing on Norfolk (not British cruiser firing on Prinz Eugen) it's an another/different incident and every source mention this, evidently let's have a look into P Eugen's W...
- Mon May 09, 2005 9:32 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Artillery Incident on 23 May 1941, 2044 hours?
- Replies: 17
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Artillery Incident on 23 May 1941, 2044 hours?
Hi All! I'm just reading War Diary of the heavy cruiser "Prinz Eugen", which is available on this (kbismarck.com) site. And I have one question concerning this fragment of the P.Eugen's War Diary: 2044 / 2044 hours- The heavy cruiser comes into view at port astern at 206° azimuth, and open...