With my absolute ignorance of German language, I interpreted this as the reason why PG was put in front of BS......And what says OKM15543?
Happy to get a serious translation, of course !
Bye, Alberto
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With my absolute ignorance of German language, I interpreted this as the reason why PG was put in front of BS......And what says OKM15543?
…is informed, that tailing ships are reporting to Scapa. Group West gets the impression that chief of fleet has proceeded with break-through. At 0005 [combat] unit ceases fogging and speeds up 30 knots. Because of poor visibility caused by blowing snow [ships] went to 27 knots. At 0142 course changed to 220°. At 0228 “Alarm” Tailing ship approaches abaft. Prinz Eugen takes over EMII measuring also for aft sector, because Bismarck’s devices are not properly functioning. Radio monitoring reports demonstrate that the tailing ship detects course, course changes and speeds correctly and rapidly. 0358 alarm ends. At 0407 hydrophone section reports sounds on port in direction 085°. Nothing can be made out on the horizon. Some time later [hydrophone section] reports torpedo noises from direction 195° …
Alberto Virtuani wrote:Also, if the reason why PG was in front were the cruisers and the need to leave BS free to fire at them, why was this position kept after the contact was lost at around 00:30 on May 24 ?
Bye, Alberto