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Posted: **Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:33 am**

Hi, I visited the wreck of the Bismarck on a Mir submersible in 2005 during "Operation Bismarck" I have photos etc. Let me know if i can be of help to anyone. Martin French

Posted: **Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:32 am**

Hello and welcome- It would be great if you could tell us more about your trip, and if possible share some photos of the wreck with us!!

Posted: **Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:06 am**

I have a pdf, is there some way I can attach it to these posts or the site?

Posted: **Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:15 am**

Try clicking (or copy/pasting) these links, they should take you into a couple of my Facebook albums. If you click on each photo, you will see I have written captions. I am really glad to be able to share them with Bismarck enthusiasts. Any feedback welcome and I will try answer any questions. I spent quite a long time exploring the debris field and found some large items, possibly including the funnel and the cranes someone was looking for. But those images are on another hard drive. I will dig them out in a couple of weeks.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... =600560973

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... 60973&op=6

It was quite a trip!

Merry Christmas everyone,

Martin

Posted: **Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:04 pm**

hellomartin wrote:I have a pdf, is there some way I can attach it to these posts or the site?

No, I don't think so. But if you send it to me via e-mail I may upload the file to my server so you can later link from there.

hellomartin wrote: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... =600560973

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... 60973&op=6

Great photos!

Here I found some other photos of the wreck taken by a guy who was on the same 2005 expedition as you. Well, surely you already know him.

http://www.rmwexplorations.com/bismark.htm

Happy Holidays!

Posted: **Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:38 pm**

Yes, of course I know him. In fact if you look through my album there is a picture of Bob and I together with the Mir programe director.

It would be good to plan another expedition and do a proper survey of the debris field. There are some pretty big chunks of metal lying around I can tell you. Unlike Titanic, it is all untouched. It is the closest you will come to seeing the preserved aftermath of a WWII battle.

Posted: **Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:58 am**

Wow I don't know how I missed this, I've been a member of the forum for a long time. Sadly, the facebook pages are gone now. Still, it was a generous gesture to post the links here...

Posted: **Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:49 am**

facebook pages are missing by now, but you can find the photos here:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1506

Posted: **Fri Aug 24, 2012 5:29 am**

Thanks so much, Jose!

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