Bismarck

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

Čeština: 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.

日本語: ビスマルクは第二次世界大戦時のドイツの戦艦である。艦名はドイツ統一の立役者の鉄血宰相であるオットー・フォン・ビスマルクに因んで命名され、1941年にHMSフッドを沈めた。3年後、ソードフィッシュ雷撃機により魚雷攻撃を受け航行不能になりながらも奮戦し沈没した。

Drawings and Models[edit]

3D model
3d model (various views)
Model at the Bundeswehrmuseum Dresden

Detail views[edit]

Bow
Bow
Stern
Stern in drydock
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"
15cm Stb.3 gun turret
Fire direction of anti aircraft artillery
Boats
Boats

History[edit]

Construction and Commissioning[edit]

Stapellauf 14.2.1939 Blohm & Voss in Hamburg
Stapellauf 14.2.1939 Blohm & Voss in Hamburg
1941
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"

First operations[edit]

Bismarck at the Dock in Kiel, late 1940
At Brunsbüttel
At Hamburg
<Starting of "Unternehmen Rheinübung", Bismrack in the Baltic Sea, seen from Prinz Eugen