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- Fri May 07, 2010 2:31 pm
- Forum: The Wreck of the Bismarck
- Topic: Bismarck's port rudder
- Replies: 49
- Views: 63183
Re: Bismarck's port rudder
18 leak pumps (Leckpumpen) each 15 m³/min at 12 m pumpingheight IIRC only 17 of 18 “Leckpumpen” were able to flood. One pump (boiler room 1) could only remove water. Each pump had a nominal capacity of 900 cbm per hour. Magazine flooding trials on Tirpitz confirm it (flow rate up to 961.8 cbm). Flo...
- Thu May 06, 2010 10:42 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck Bow and Stern Markings
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2342
- Tue May 04, 2010 5:00 pm
- Forum: The Wreck of the Bismarck
- Topic: Bismarck's port rudder
- Replies: 49
- Views: 63183
Re: Bismarck's port rudder
One should always read text with a critical eye. Yes, of course. I personally do not believe anything about Bismarck without reading the primary source. Yes, of course, there are always good books and bad books. However, in this context I can only speak about English books regarding Bismarck. Compa...
- Tue May 04, 2010 2:57 pm
- Forum: The Wreck of the Bismarck
- Topic: Bismarck's port rudder
- Replies: 49
- Views: 63183
Re: Bismarck's port rudder
The confusion in translation can be a real problem, and is one reason why I always try to get German-speaking authors, etc. to write on German ships. Reading documents only in translation can be dangerous and misleading. :D Hello Bill, more and more it seems to me that there are a lot of errors in ...
- Mon May 03, 2010 11:35 am
- Forum: The Wreck of the Bismarck
- Topic: Bismarck's port rudder
- Replies: 49
- Views: 63183
Re: Bismarck's port rudder
One good example of this is the oft-seen description of the floor plates in the center engine room being displaced about a half-meter, with no reference to whether this represented a permanent or a temporary deflection. Well, I’m not sure, if there is a misunderstanding regarding the German word “f...
- Fri Apr 30, 2010 9:36 pm
- Forum: The Wreck of the Bismarck
- Topic: Bismarck's port rudder
- Replies: 49
- Views: 63183
Re: Bismarck's port rudder
Well, that’s indeed astonishing. The rudder stock broke at its thickest part. After all, it’s a tube of 82 cm in diameter with a 30 cm bore! I would expect that the hull around the collar or the collar itself is at least deformed.
- Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:26 pm
- Forum: The Wreck of the Bismarck
- Topic: Bismarck's port rudder
- Replies: 49
- Views: 63183
Re: Bismarck's port rudder
Hello Bill,Bill Jurens wrote: The rudder stock broke off just inside the outer surface of the collar where the rudder passed through the shell plating.
Is there any visible damage of the shell plating near the collar?
- Mon Apr 26, 2010 11:12 pm
- Forum: The Wreck of the Bismarck
- Topic: Bismarck's port rudder
- Replies: 49
- Views: 63183
Re: Bismarck's port rudder
Hello Bill,
thank you for clarification. I've brooded over the pictures for several years now and it still keeps bothering me how it is possible for the starboard rudder to extends into the port side so much. Is there any simple explanation?
thank you for clarification. I've brooded over the pictures for several years now and it still keeps bothering me how it is possible for the starboard rudder to extends into the port side so much. Is there any simple explanation?
- Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:08 pm
- Forum: The Wreck of the Bismarck
- Topic: Bismarck's port rudder
- Replies: 49
- Views: 63183
Re: Bismarck's port rudder
I always wondered, if the remainig rudder is the starbord rudder for sure.
It's almost unbelievable.
It's almost unbelievable.
- Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:53 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: SWAT vs GSG-9
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7634
Re: SWAT vs GSG-9
Maybe, maybe not:Kyler wrote: You can watch the show or not, but in the real world I think GSG-9 would beat SWAT’s butt almost any day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWAT_World_Challenge
- Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:40 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck and her contemporaries
- Replies: 1296
- Views: 215586
Re: Bismarck and her contemporaries
... whole basis of Operational Research. You've defined it in the sentence below, but I don't get your point how it could help. As a layman I always thought OR is for optimization or solution finding under certain conditions, but not necessarily prediction. :oops: The whole point of OR is to incorp...
- Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:58 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Bismarck against BB-57 South Dakota
- Replies: 706
- Views: 78927
Re: Bismarck against BB-57 South Dakota
Let's start with a few questions: ... the fact that all of her communications equipment was placed above the armour deck. I know that is written in many books, but Is this really a fact? Please name at least one relevant communications equipment between armour deck and weather deck. If there is any,...
- Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:19 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Bismarck against BB-57 South Dakota
- Replies: 706
- Views: 78927
Re: Bismarck against BB-57 South Dakota
Any sources?
- Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:51 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Bismarck against BB-57 South Dakota
- Replies: 706
- Views: 78927
Re: Bismarck against BB-57 South Dakota
But the armor and steel plate thicknesses in that article should be used with caution, because they're sometimes inaccurate. That's a serious accusation about a recognized authority. Can you give us an example? Are these gross errors? No, these are not gross errors. That's why I tried to avoid the ...
- Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:21 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Bismarck against BB-57 South Dakota
- Replies: 706
- Views: 78927
Re: Bismarck against BB-57 South Dakota
But the armor and steel plate thicknesses in that article should be used with caution, because they're sometimes inaccurate.lwd wrote:For those that haven't read it I recomend:
http://www.combinedfleet.com/okun_biz.htm