The Battleship BismarckNaval Institute Press, 2003 M10 15 - 160 pages The Bismarck is probably the most famous warship of WWII. The German battleship, 45,000 tons, was completed in early 1941 and went on to sink the 'Mighty Hood', pride of the Royal Navy, during one of the most sensational naval encounters ever. After a dramatic chase around the North Atlantic, involving many units of the Royal Navy, Bismarck was finally dispatched with gunfire and torpedoes on 27 May, less than five months after she was completed. Her wreck still lies where she sank, 4800m down and 960km off the west coast of France. The Battleship Bismarck is the finest documentation of this famous ship ever published. What makes this and all 'Anatomy of the Ship' volumes unique is a complete set of superbly executed line drawings, both the conventional type of plan as well as explanatory views, with fully descriptive keys. These are supported by technical details, photos and a record of the ship's service history. Complete with color references on the book cover as well as large scale plans on the interior flaps. |
Contents
1895 | |
1897 | |
1899 | |
1901 | |
1902 | |
1924 | |
Sea Trials and Battle Practice | 3 |
Plans for CommerceRaiding | 21 |
The Bismarcks Dummy Stack | 23 |
Catalinas from Northern Ireland | 24 |
The Bismarck Is Rediscovered | 25 |
Toveys Hopes Are Pinned on the Ark Royal 27 The Mortal | 27 |
Destroyers Ordered to Toveys Support | 28 |
The Last Night on Board the Bismarck | 29 |
Attempts to Save the Fleet War Diary | 30 |
A Last Visit to the Bridge | 30 |
Operation Orders for Exercise Rhine | 23 |
Another Postponement and Last Liberty | 27 |
Hitler Comes Aboard | 7 |
Departure from Gotenhafen | 8 |
A British Naval Attaché in Stockholm | 8 |
H Grimstadfjord and the Journey North | 10 |
Alarm in Scapa Flow | 18 |
Liitjenss Operational Decisions | 20 |
First Contact with the Enemy | 23 |
The Hood Blows | 28 |
Liitjenss Alternatives | 4 |
Parting with the Prinz Eugen | 7 |
Direct Course for St Nazaire | 11 |
Attack by Swordfish Torpedo Planes from the Victorious | 13 |
The Admiralty Steps Up the Pursuit | 16 |
Contact Shaken | 18 |
The British Compute the Bismarck 5 Position | 21 |
A Fateful Sunday | 22 |
Tovey Sets the Time of the Final Action | 32 |
The Last Battle | |
The Bismarck Sinks | |
Exercise Rhine in Retrospect | |
Cockfosters | |
An Outing in London | |
Shap Wells | |
Transport to Canada | |
The Battle of Bowmanville | |
Crisis in Camp | |
Whites Grays and Blacks | |
Featherstone Park Camp | |
End of a Nightmare | |
Epilogue | |
Appendix A The Seekriegsleitungs Operation Order for Exercise Rhine | |
Appendix E Record of the Action Between the Rodney and the Bismarck on 27 | |
Other editions - View all
Battleship Bismarck: A Survivor's Story Burkard von Müllenheim-Rechberg,Burkard Freiherr von Müllenheim-Rechberg No preview available - 2001 |
Battleship Bismarck: A Survivor's Story Burkard Freiherr von Müllenheim-Rechberg No preview available - 1990 |
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