Bismarck

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository

This page is about the battleship Bismarck. For the German Chancellor, see Otto von Bismarck.

Česky: Bismarck byla německá bitevní loď během druhé světové války. Byla pojmenována po německém kancléři Otto von Bismarckovi. Slavnou se stala, když potopila britský HMS Hood v roce 1941 a svým následným pronásledováním a zničením.

Deutsch: Die Bismarck war ein deutsches Schlachtschiff im zweiten Weltkrieg

English: Bismarck was a German battleship during World War II. She was named after Otto von Bismarck and is famous for sinking HMS Hood in 1941, and for the subsequent pursuit which ended with her destruction just three days later.

[edit] Drawings and Models

3D model

3d model (various views)

Model at the Bundeswehrmuseum Dresden

[edit] Detail views

Bow	Bow	Stern	Stern in dyrdock
Propellers	shaft	Forward view of superstructure	Port view of superstructure
Port view of aft superstructure	Superstrucuture	Superstructure ans stack	Stack and mast
Mast	Aircraft catapult	Barbette of "Turm Bruno"	"Turm Anton" and "Bruno"
10,5-cm-aa-gun	Fire direction of anti aircraft artillery	Boats	Boats

[edit] History

[edit] Construction and Commissioning

Stapellauf 14.2.1939 Blohm & Voss in Hamburg	Stapellauf 14.2.1939 Blohm & Voss in Hamburg	1939	During construction, February 1940
Bismarck during commissioning ceremony, 24. August 1940	Captain Ernst Lindemann coming aboard	Portrai of Cpt. Lindemann	Crew on deck
Commissioning ceremony on aft deck	Raising of the Reichskriegsflagge
	Sailors in front of "Turm Cäsar"