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hello all, this is the Keldysh in the Kiel canal taken from Cameron film. camerona.jpg in the next photogram we can see the Bismarck that looks looks gigantic in comparison cameronb.jpg but... after checking the real dimensions of the ships I see that Bismarck has a freeboard of about 5 meters. the ...

Bismarck machinery could still do 20 knots after the torpedo hit . they choose to steam at 7 knots becasue there was no point of going faster since they were heading west away from France. at 7-10 knots the fuel comsuption is very low. if they had fixed the steering, I think they could make it to Fr...

may have taken some time to figure things out but without the British I think they would have eventually made it to France. unfortunalety for them time is something they didnt have.
without enemy harassing fuel wouldnt be a problem either as long as they steam at low speeds 10-15 kntos.

Dave, logic tells me that the large ship, Bismarck, should refuel the smaller one, PE, but I understand that in case of tankers then the ship that is being refueled would normally be placed behind the tanker. and that is my confusion. but what you said makes sense to me. thanks.

hello, in this photo Bismarck and PE are practicing fuel transfer by trailing hose but who is giving the fuel? is Bismarck to PE or PE to Bismarck?

it would be more credible scenario for example if Germany were allowed to retain a navy with a strenght like the French or Italian under the Washington Treaty. scrap the older ships and retain the newest up to 175,000 tons. the US and UK keep the lead with 525,000 tons and Japan 315,000 tons. for th...

well, well, well, if Germany keeps all its fleet after WW1 and modernizes some ships in the 30s I think they have a good chance of launching Sea Lion.

hello, it is a great video to see focke wolf and 109 together, but I dont think that reenactment planes have the real engines.

what is the wrost thing can happen to the captain? it is sure that he will never cmand a ship but will he go to jail?

Ken I thought it was over 100,000 tons at first too but I looked further and that is Gross tonnage that meassures ship overall internal volume, but the weight of the ship is like Titanic. both ships have +/- the same displacement but Costa Concordia looks bigger because has twice volume of Titanic. ...

The one saving grace - and no comfort really to the famillies of those lost - is that the death toll was nothing like that from the Titanic, to which this disaster has been compared by the more populist media. one thing can be compared both had about the same displacement: Titanic 52.000 and C.Conc...

Ken Thompson wrote:On another website the owner claims it might be out of service for up to a year !?!

I read the ship is a total loss. dont think it will sail again.

one thing I dont really understand is, if the damage is on the port side why is the ship resting over its starboard side?
... and considering the low depth of the water, could the crew try counterflooding so the ship sank vertically.

thank you DAve Saxton I have checked Rechbergs book again and he mentions a radar detector but doesnt say the type. I quote: "Besides her three radar sets, the Bismarck had a radar detector, a simple receiver designed to pick up incoming pulses of enemy radar. upon receiving such pulses, the de...

hello,
did Bismarck have pasive radar FuMB ?? to receive pulses from enemy active radars?
the absence of it could explain why Lütjens thought Bismarck was still shadowed on 25 May wehn contact had really been broken.
any thoughts?