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My calculations were based on a Bismarck with 3 triple turrets but with the same hull dimensions: 250 x 36 meters. Of course, the hypothetical 3 triple turret design could be shortened. If we take away Section IV the ship is shortened by about 15 meters I think. The result is a ship with the same ma...

Hello Bgile, I brought this subject because I made some calculations and I think a Bismarck with 3 triple turrets wouldn't save much weight at all. Let me explain my reasons. 1) Each double turret of the Bismarck had a weight of 1.056 tons. There were four turrets so that makes a total weight of 4,2...

What would you think of a Bismarck with 3 triple turrets instead of 4 double turrets? I know the Germans never constructed a triple turret with 38 cm guns but let's just think about it. Maintaining the same hull dimensions, don't you think this new design would save a lot of weight, make the ship ei...

Interesting observations about Tirpitz turret tops.

But, you know what? I think you guys are forgetting about what happened in the Ofotfjord in April 1940, two years before Tirpitz arrived. The Kriegsmarine lost 10 destroyers there and the Royal Navy another 2, I think.

I read the article again, and I don't agree that at 0950 (ten minutes before the scuttling order) the Bismarck had at least 10,000 tons of floodwater on board and was foundering. Bismarck started the last battle with a couple thousands tons of water from the hits of 24 May and the Swordfish torpedoe...

See the intro of the 24flotilla Spanish simulation game group.

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Nice short article, but I see nothing new at all. Maybe because it was written in 1998?

You are right Antonio, the ship in the background is the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. Lützow had a similar camo.

I see the difference in the photos now, the big turrets were painted over for air recognition. I wouldn't have figured that out without your help.

Hello Antonio, Your photographic collection is excellent. :clap: :clap: Time hasn't changed those places at all. I noticed that to the left side behind the Tirpitz there is the pocket battleship Deutschland too. You asked for a difference but other than the photo angle I don't know what it is. Javi

Hello all,

In this famous fiord in Norway a naval battle took place in world war II. There are two photos and you must find the 2 differences.

http://members.home.nl/saen/Special/zoeken.html

Regards

Thank you Foeth. Point taken.

Foeth, I don't understand what are you trying to say. The person I mentioned says that Bismarck had a conventional distribution of boilers associated to shafts, in other words that each shaft had its associated boilers. If a shaft was lost then its associated boilers couldn't provide power to anothe...

Thank you both for the answers. I assume then that the jack mast and flagsstaff were kept below decks in a store room just in case they were needed again later in harbor, is that right?

Hello all,

I have a short question. Was the jack mast in the bow and the flagstaff in the stern removed during Rheinübung or just folded down?

Javi