The Battleship Bismarck

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Naval 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

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
Index
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Jack Brower runs his own design and draftsmanship company in the UK. He researched this book in the Bundesarchiv Kriegsmarine collection and through the original records of the shipyard of Blohm and Voss in Germany.

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