Crew accommodations

[LplusL]

Good Afternoon!

I've always wondered what Bismarck's crew accommodations were like but haven't run across very many references to them. I think once I saw a picture of the Graf Spee's crew wrapping up hammocks and I've read in a number of places that hammocks were used to patch areas damaged during the Denmarck Strait battle. Is there any info beyond this? My apologies if this has been covered elsewhere, I'm new to the forum.

Thanks!

[Dave Saxton]

Good questions. You might try youtube. If I recall there's a video posted featuring a day in the life aboard Scharnhorst. I don't imagine that Bismarck was much different. I know from a film used in the old Victory at Sea series that hammocks were used on KGV.

[Guest]

Awesome, thanks for the suggestion, I'll try to track down that video. I've heard the same about King George V. Here's that photo from the Graf Spee I mentioned.

[RF]

I've always wondered what Bismarck's crew accommodations were like but haven't run across very many references to them.
Thanks!

The general references I have seen, such as Kennedy and Ballard, seem to suggest that crew accommodation was not that good.