Naval History Forums

They did not only miss the damage. They couldn't repair it. The plane fell into the sea.

... 2) Failure to pursue POW when that ship disengaged from the DS battle. I don't necessarily think POW would have been sunk (although I believe Karl Heidenreich certainly thinks so) but the opportunity should have been followed up..... I have a hard time faulting him for this one. Consider the fo...

. 2) Could Bismark realisticlly expect to sink POW. I don't think so. Damage her severely perhaps but sink no. In the mean time Bismark would be expending time, fuel and ammo and risking further damage herself. Now one could argue that sinking Hood and throughly trashing POW would have been success ...

Lutjen was the perfekt man for this job. He really knew how to think outside the box.

Here is burners answer to monitors question. 1 cenario (brittsh)mullenheim report. main guns 185 shells (ammo left) sekudary 526 shells (out of ammo) 2 cenario trying to make somthing out of the dibrifing reports. main guns 693 shells (out of ammo) sekundary (out of ammo) Answer "maybe" :l...

Im gone use the louest number 6shells/min Im gone asume that al the turrets worked for 44 min.Using camerons pictures.One of the turrets was put out of action of small caliber ammonition? spekulation that its was knockt out of action then the british closed in for the final kill (bismarck had alread...

That why im using the the numbers 93shells 14min. In the the first fight Pow Hood range 15000-17500 meters ?thats about the same as in the last battel.
6-8 shells/min seams a bit high?for the sekondary artillery. even thouge its a (german product)

Jesus tommy you are fast.
Starting to think it would be better that you did the calculations.
Thanks.

Since nobody is calling me an idiot...i take it what this higly proffessinal calculation :lol: is as god as any. Now im gone need some help....sekundary artilleri ( mutch harder) I read some where that Bismarck sekondary artilleri should be abel to land 2-3%at distances 18000-20000meters in normal c...

paulcadogan Thanks for chering the information about the British board of inquri. the proplem thid the baron is that i was lock in thid his camrates being debrieft by the british intelligens (4 years) Any policeofficer would tell you that Herbert. Maus . Höntzsch .George.Walter testemoni has a very ...

tommy303 Thanks for correcting me. Do you no how many armorpercing rounds bismarck had from the begining?

I'm using this excellent forum online archive... Herbert Manthly, Otto Maus perhaps my limited English made me misinterpret the two hours??????

Monitor whats your thought about the ammunition situation? Have you tryed to make any calculations? If so please tell us your results.

clock 10.12...25may...lutjen sent a radio message saying he just up 93 armorpercing rounds in the first battel?? 93 shells /14 minits..........6.6 shells/60s? Some eyewittnes report say that it tok 1 hour into the battel before the brittish landed the first hit??? Some eyewittnes report say that 3 t...

Intresting..............That properbly vill depend on witch eyewitnes rapport you shoes to be the right one...Mullenheim.....or Herzog..Höntzsch first rapport.