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by José M. Rico
Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:02 am
Forum: Movies, Films, Documentaries and Games
Topic: BISMARCK news reels
Replies: 9
Views: 5152

BTW, have you seen this one from YouTube? :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxDvQfY9bms
by José M. Rico
Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:30 pm
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Bismarck and Prinz Eugen are joined by Tirpitz
Replies: 62
Views: 23962

KGV+PoW+Hood+Repulse vs. 2 Bismarck Class + PE. ...but, would Tovey leave the Faeroes-Iceland passage open? Historically, Tovey had to disperse his forces into two battlegroups (Hood-POW and KGV-Repulse), because he just couldn't take the risk to send his four capital ships to the Denmark Strait im...
by José M. Rico
Tue Sep 26, 2006 10:54 pm
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: Bismarck and Prinz Eugen are joined by Tirpitz
Replies: 62
Views: 23962

KGV (flag) + Hood + Rodney + PoW + 2-3 cruisers. I would take the slow Rodney out of the equation. She is just not an option for interception unless Bismarck/Tirpitz speed is reduced first. Had the Rodney been allocated to Holland battlegroup in May 1941 she would have never reached the Denmark Str...
by José M. Rico
Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:36 pm
Forum: Movies, Films, Documentaries and Games
Topic: BISMARCK news reels
Replies: 9
Views: 5152

Yes, excellent material. The Bismarck news reels on the first two links posted by Ulrich have been taken from the "Schlachtschiff Bismarck" DVDs. See here:

viewtopic.php?t=183
by José M. Rico
Sat Sep 23, 2006 12:43 am
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Issues of trim and counter-trim
Replies: 7
Views: 3167

I can't say. I guess that could be calculated on a model basin, but if the ship embarked 2,000 tons of sea water through the holes in the hull you can imagine.
by José M. Rico
Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:10 am
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Issues of trim and counter-trim
Replies: 7
Views: 3167

After the two hits by POW, Bismarck was 3º down by the bow and had a 9º list to port. Because of this, the blades tips of the starboard propeller were out of the water at times! Therefore, to level the battleship and reduce the bow trim and list, the starboard void tanks in sections II and III were ...
by José M. Rico
Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:15 pm
Forum: Naval History in General
Topic: Greatest admiral of all time
Replies: 219
Views: 214657

Surely not the greatest Admiral, but we Spaniards commemorate Don Álvaro de Bazán, the marquis of Santa Cruz. Álvaro de Bazán was one of the Spanish commanders at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. In 1582 he defeated a French fleet at the Battle of Terceira securing the Azores Islands for Spain and com...
by José M. Rico
Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:34 pm
Forum: Announcements, News and Updates
Topic: Karl Heidenreich wins a mug
Replies: 25
Views: 31520

Gary wrote:Nice mugs but why do none of them have Scharnhorst on?
I didn't have time to design one but can do that if you are interested.
by José M. Rico
Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:49 pm
Forum: Announcements, News and Updates
Topic: Karl Heidenreich wins a mug
Replies: 25
Views: 31520

Karl Heidenreich wins a mug

Karl Heidenreich has just reached the figure of 500 posts in this forum, consequently and according to the forum rules, he is entitled to get a free mug of his choice (or anything else with a similar value) from the Ship's Store.

Congratulations! :D
by José M. Rico
Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:14 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Sinking the PoW at DS?
Replies: 19
Views: 6759

About the ammunition, that´s a good point. But I don´t believe it was that critical because Mullenhein-Rechberg would have written or talk about about it. Actually Bismarck still had a considerable amount of AP shells after sinking the Hood and dealing with Prince of Wales. She had just fired 93 x ...
by José M. Rico
Fri Aug 04, 2006 5:45 am
Forum: Bismarck Crewmember Research
Topic: Heinrich Neuschwander
Replies: 0
Views: 10301

Heinrich Neuschwander

Thanks to John Beggs I have recently added Heinrich Neuschwander page to the site:

http://www.kbismarck.com/crew/hneuschwander.html
by José M. Rico
Fri Aug 04, 2006 5:20 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Scharnhorst
Replies: 42
Views: 15331

Have you guys seen this article from Warship International? http://www.warship.org/no11994.htm According to it (see footnote 6 at the bottom), Scharnhorst fired 212 shells with her main armament against Glorious: 160 Armor Piercing 45 HE base fuzed 7 HE nose fuzed Main armament--in action against Gl...
by José M. Rico
Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:01 pm
Forum: Announcements, News and Updates
Topic: Website Donations
Replies: 4
Views: 13932

Hello everyone, It has come to my attention that at least one person has sent a donation to the following account by mistake: jmrico @ kbismark.com Please notice that my paypal account is: jmrico @ kbismarck.com For some reason someone has registered the domain "kbismark.com" (our domain i...
by José M. Rico
Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:51 pm
Forum: Bismarck Crewmember Research
Topic: How you can help
Replies: 2
Views: 20194

Thanks a lot. I'm certainly interested and will contact you via e-mail as soon as possible. If this is of interest to you, the corpse of Heinrich Neuschwander was picked up by the Spanish heavy cruiser Canarias on 30 May, given a naval burial service at 1000 hours on the next day, and committed to t...
by José M. Rico
Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:27 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Very Long Range Shoots
Replies: 20
Views: 12424

Hello everyone,

You may want to check this old thread too:

Longest distance for gunfire hit
http://kbismarck.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27