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Nevertheless the effect of Bismarcks AA-fire remain a mysterium. Other german ships with basically the same AA- and firecontrol suite performed significantly better in terms of aircraft downed - Scharnhorst and Prinz Eugen comes to mind. Nevertheless almost all swordfish received damage from Bismar...

R.I.P.

The new Bismarck´s book mentions that a secondary turret´s crew became locked in their post because the turret scuttle was deformed and could not be opened. Why couldn´t they escape from below deck? Well....this anecdote is based on Herbert Blum's account. Following his recollection of his way out ...

....but not for power. I‘m not happy with my sentence. Of course there are a lot of electricity backups. I meant to say once all hoists are out of order for whatever reasons, there was no manual transport planed up to the guns. The 20.3 cm turrets of Prinz Eugen still had a so called „Hilfsheißvorr...

Thanks!

Brower is just more detailed. My plan shows the way of the ammuniton from piles on deck into the magazines and from there to each weapons. It shows just doors used for ammunition transport purposes.

marcelo_malara wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 28, 2020 7:50 pm

Was there any manual backup for either

No. There was a lot of manual backup for automation, but not for power.

marcelo_malara wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 29, 2020 10:13 pm

...in Brower´s book...

What page?

Yes. The ammunition had to be transported on tweendeck via slides through the splinter bulkhead.

One main and one auxiliary hoist per barrel. Main: (electro)hydraulic, auxiliary: electric. Auxiliary was backup of main. Main: just one cycle (projectile and propellant at once), auxiliary: two cycles (one after the other).

Alberto,

stay healthy and safe. Take care.

Best wishes from Germany to Italy.

Marc

AFAIK bilge keels were added and cool water intakes were modified (bigger?).

... H (actual height of Bismarck main mast over water = c 45 meters) ... The height of the main mast was ~ 46,5 meters above the top of the bootstripe. Looking at pictures from the Grimstadfjord I think ~ 47 m or even more seems to be more plausible. Herr Nilsson has given an alternative frame form...

to Mr. Nilsson: are you aware what was standard PK photo camera used in 1941 and which focal was it mounting? Is there any documentation? Not necessarily just a Leica. The Kine Exakta was also very popular for Kriegsmarine purposes. Technically -- i.e. without quibbling about the third decimal plac...

35, 50, und 75mm

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-4462-16%2C_Filmberichter_auf_U-132.jpg Almost certainly a cameraman holding camera in his hands could not walk around deck under such conditions in action. I don't think we can talk about "walk". I think it's more like i...