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Wikipedia is wrong here.
"Sportpalast" happened on 21-23 February 1942, and has nothing to do with Tirpitz's March sortie.

Hello, What was the German code name of the naval operation involving the battleship Tirpitz on 6-9 March 1942? This is sometimes referred to as Operation "Sportpalast", but "Sportpalast" was actually the transfer of the Prinz Eugen, Admiral Scheer, and escorting destroyers from ...

I have checked some pictures and I believe you may be correct. The foredeck does indeed look like that of HMS Seal. The boat was captured by the Germans and served with the Kriegsmarine for a short time in 1941. They probably used a photo of the former HMS Seal in the book for propaganda purposes. T...

Hello all,
Maybe someone can help me. In the book "Krigsmarine am Feind" there is a photo of a submarine which is supposedly a German U-boat, however it doesn't look like German to me. Could this be a Italian boat?
Photo attached.

Drawing of the German coastal battery "Fjell", installed by the Germans in the island of Sotra, near Bergen, Norway in 1943. https://www.kbismarck.com/28cm-fjell01.jpg Drawing of the German coastal battery "Oerlandet", installed by the Germans in the Ørland Peninsula to guard the...

Also, if I remember correctly there is a similar photo in Ballard's book. Yes, it's a small one on page 20 taken from the port side though, captioned "The Bismarck on her trials in November 1940" but I suspect that should be September. The one I was talking about is in the last page 232. ...

Very nice photo of the Bismarck. Thanks for sharing. Its from 15 September 1940 down the Elbe, most likely before she collided with the bow tug Atlantik at 1658 hours. I have seen several other photos of Bismarck's starboard side on this day. Also, if I remember correctly there is a similar photo in...

to 2) I took this from the book "Battleship Bismarck- A Design and Operational History of William H.Garzke Jr., Robert O. Dulin Jr., and William Jurens (moderator of this forum), with James Cameron, page 43. There it says: "The conning tower roof plates were 220mm of KC armor, the sides w...

to 2) I took this from the book "Battleship Bismarck- A Design and Operational History of William H.Garzke Jr., Robert O. Dulin Jr., and William Jurens (moderator of this forum), with James Cameron, page 43. There it says: "The conning tower roof plates were 220mm of KC armor, the sides w...

Hood sank 81 years ago today.

Amazing Paul!
Love your collection.

The Flyhawk 1/2000 is the smallest available commercial kit of the Bismarck and, despite the scale, it is surprisingly detailed.

https://www.kbismarck.com/models/flyhaw ... marck.html

In the following twitter account you can find lots of photos of destroyed/damaged/captured vehicles planes and helicopters. The Russians are having heavy casualties, there is no doubt about that. https://twitter.com/UAWeapons Many also wonder why the Russian Air Force has not appeared over the battl...

By the way, does anybody know the exact distance of this "gap" amidships?
I calculate something between 40-50 cm.

Hello, In my opinion, the German designers were very well aware of this feature and didn't see this as a flaw. In fact, the same construction geometry appears again in the next H-Class battleships. Moreover, I don't believe, the underwater protection would have been improved at all fixing this "...