Hello Antonio,
Since:
Surely knowing the presence of the Propaganda Kompanie persons on board the Prinz Eugen is one of the knowledge factors that helps you knowing more about this battle, ... like having interviewed key battle witnesses when they were still alive and having made the right questions to them, ... the ones where they can really provide their unique value add having been there on that moment, ... and having lived their part of this battle that is like a puzzle, ... you need to know and put together many pieces, ... many, in order to realize the full scenario.
So tell us whether:
Eine der letzten Granaten der "Hood", die über Prinz Eugen hinwegheulend als Weitschüsse in die See fuhren. Im Hintergrund Bismarck.
Foto Lagemann
is on or with the Bundesarchiv copy of the photo. Or not.
What's the problem? If you simply can't remember or didn't note it when you personally handled the material, well just say so, you're not infallible. No, honestly,
you're not infallible. Or is it that
you don't want them to "provide their unique value add having been there on that moment" because their "key battle witness" evidence denies your fabricated timetable?
Even when you quote Busch:
We all had a similar feeling, when these ship came toward us with point blank abandon, a typical English habit of underestimating the opponent! And then “Bismarck” fires, and the painter runs across to the starboard bridge wing, because the battleship is in a slight starboard staggered position in relation to “Prinz Eugen”.
But if you believe the so-called "first salvo" photo, Bild 146-1968-015-24, Bismarck is not at all in a "slight starboard staggered position" but thousands of metres dead astern at first salvo.
Despite the Bundesarchiv original caption
Seegefecht des Schlachtschiffes "Bismark" unter Island. Schlachtschiff "Bismark" feuert seine erste Voll-Salve auf Hood.
Bildberichter: Lagemann
This picture has problems being integrated with the others or Busch's description. BTW has Lagemann forgotten how to spell Bismar
ck?
For Alberto: As with all maths problems, "read the question
carefully before leaping to an answer". I said those were the closing rate element solely for PoW alone, based on her course, speed and target angle only. You have assumed you already know the other half of the equation, ie the Bismarck contribution to closure. If fact this is the "unknown" you are supposed to be solving for. The information required to do this would be some accurate, timed evidence of distance. We don't have this. We have guesswork, based on imagining which shots of which salvoes actually hit Bismarck, and how far those shots varied from the nominal gun range, entered in the salvo plot.
BTW Approximating 30 knots for both ships is sloppy. 28 kts max for PoW and ? for Bismarck. No wonder Bill Jurens says such precision is unachievable.
All the best
wadinga