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Hello shipbuilder

Nice to hear from you again

Good to know that the documents are registered and accessible know by the public

Take care, best regards from Greece.

Keep up the ...shipbuilding

Hi Ulrich !

Great

I'm allready at the map, browsing through different Bundeslaender

Any other tips would be most welcomed

George

To Ulrich and Karl:



George

Hello Karl !

Yes, we agree in a lot about both moovies, the "timperary" scene one of the most enjoyable
That really got the IWO by surprice

Take care,

George

Hello Karl Good points you got there, but just a few of my thoughts on the subject: In "Das Boot", during racing towards the convoy position, they come accross a DD, the captain orders to dive and initiates attack procedures against the DD, reaching the point of opening bow caps... I think...

Hello Matthias :!: Many original plans of German KM ships were kept in Berlin in the Naval Institute there (the actual name of the institute escapes me right now). In 1945, EVERYTHING was taken by the Russians and shiped back to Moscow. In 1990, after Germany was re-united, a train carrying a "...

Hi George, Well, I wrote the name of the island how it's written in the maps etc. Been there a view time firefighting... Yeap, you got your self a nice mix there, a "cultural cocktail" indeed :D When you say "earth worker" what do you mean? Greetings to your family from Greece :D...

Hallo George, talking about names, your last name indicates that your familly comes from a Greek island called Keffalonia, isn't this true? Plus there's a Greek singer with the exact name :D I agree with the British names all the way, most impressive names indeed. The Greek navy has a mix of names a...

Hello Karl, Something like this happened last year. It started out as an idea from Christian from Sweden at the Bismarck-class.dk forum and we finally did it and had a great meeting in Germany last May :D :D , visiting Wilhelmshafen :D , Peter Tamm museum :D , Blohm & Voss :D , Bismarck memorial...

Hi Ulrich,
Thank's for the link
This is the first picture I've seen with the Eagle fully uncovered, since re-covered I mean.

Best regards,

George

Hi Rob
Yeap mate, correct
5th of June 1989 first debris, but no result, that's why it's called the "debris field" on his maps...
8th of June 1989...BINGO!!!

Take care mate,

Best regards, George

Hi all

Go to "der spiegel" website for more photos

Best regards, George

Hi Karl :D Yes indeed mate :D Just a few of mine thoughts: Conception: November 16th 1935 Birth: July 1st 1936 First steps: February 14th 1939 First teeth: April 1940 Teenager : August 24 1940 First Blood: May 24th 1941 Gotterdammerung: May 27th 1941 Legend: June 8th 1989 Best regards, George

Hello all, I agree with Ulrich on this one. I was at Friedrichruh for the 64th aniversary of Bismarck's sinking. After the lunch we had with the survivors, we had the opportunity to talk with them and one of them specifically told me that they got rid of the anchors and chains after the Denmark Stra...

Hello Patrick, The only thing I can assure you about is that on May 27th 2005 there were 6 survivors present at the memorial at Friedrichsruh, I was there and attended the ceremony. At least two more are alive, as they sent their greetings but could't attend the service. It's estimated that some 20 ...