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Ciao all, never heard about any British film of the Denmark Strait battle available so far. Even if I suspect something more do exist and it is still classified on British side, I have never found evidences about it nor found any reference anywere. Hood board of inquiry never refers to any video or ...

Ciao all, ... not able to respond on your question Jose',... I have never seen that explosion video portion detail about any ship in my life, ... I really do not know what is that explosion about,....it can be anything,..... even a target ship as Paul said. Some inputs from my side on that video and...

Ciao all, well the overall weight of the Bismarck and her sea keeping possibilities with everything she had to carry on during Op. Rheinubung were carefully evaluated by Adm Lutjens and his staff. They had the previous mission exeprience into the Atlantic Ocean already with Scharnhorst and Gneisenau...

Ciao all,

does anybody knows for sure the boat configuration of Bismarck during Op. Rheinubung ?

I doubt it has been a bit changed,....compared to what Tiornu wrote,... but very difficult to find photos of that area during the mission.

Anybody knows more ??

Ciao Antonio

Ciao Richard and all, many thanks from both me and Abram :oops: :oops: YES, you are right, it took my 35 years Kriegsmarine ships knowledge and the very high computer graphic skill of Abram to put all those drawings together. A perfect TEAMWORK ! YES, the Bismarck and the Tirpitz are almost done as ...

Ciao all,

after this one, ..... you will never need anything else on those battleships.

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Ciao Antonio

Ciao all, does anybody have the chance to post here this photo as showed on the Baron Von Mullenheim-Rechberg book about Bismarck either in German or in English language with the caption written under it ? If the scan will be at a good enough quality ( maybe 300 or 600 DPI ) than we can see what is ...

Ciao all, if I can be of any help....... be sure 100 % that ship is Prinz Eugen. More, .. the depth charge racks ( 2 in total; one on each side ) were covered often with canvas and changed as far as position on the stern , .. before they were more toward midship, .. than they moved them more to the ...

Ciao Paul, YES, you are right,.. it has been long time,.. work and other priorities sometimes keep you busy,.very busy. Anyway,..YES, I remember I told you already some things about the British taken photo sequence. The top clouds and sky being a factor and the wind as you correctly point out is ano...

Ciao Bgile and all, I think you got the majority of the points already and very well :wink: . The smoke in the center is the main smoke pillar of the sunk HMS Hood. The smoke in the right is definitively the HMS Prince of Wales on retreat after her turn to port to withdraw ( as confirmed also by the...

Ciao all,

I am interested to know the various opinions about this photo and what can be realized from her details :



Thoughts ??

Ciao Antonio

Ciao Derf and all, Thanks Derf :oops: .. a very interesting point you raiesd,.. the bows of BS and TP.. ..Tirpitz was born perfect with a fantastic beautiful bow,..probably the most beautiful atlantic bow ever made ( SH and GU very close to her ).. .. the first photo I ever saw in my life of Tirpitz...

Ciao Vaselin and all, not to many photos are existing and currently available of the Bismarck during her last day. The ones currently existing and available are taken from very far away by British ships and Bismarck is just a small dark shadow poorly visible. So to make a model of her on scale 1:100...

Ciao all, I cannot agree more with Stud about the fact that Norway is quite expensive :shock: Unbelievable expensive,.... for a ferry trip ( Hurtigruten ) from Trondheim to Harstad I spent a fortune,... a very beutiful trip,.. but,... it cost way too much. Sailing on the same KM warships tracks is e...

Ciao Jose', :D :D :D Maybe I will end up retiring in Norway one day,.. who knows, ... ..surely right now all the researches I am currently making to boost up my knowledge on those ships requires me to go there often, as only there you can really understand, know and find many new informations,.. ......