Sinking of the Bismarck

Bismarck was the first of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. Named after Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the ship was laid down at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg in July 1936 and launched in February 1939. Work was completed in August 1940, when she was commissioned into the German fleet. Bismarck and her sister ship Tirpitz were the largest battleships ever built by Germany, and two of the largest built by any European power.

In the course of the warship's eight-month career under its sole commanding officer, Captain Ernst Lindemann, Bismarck conducted only one offensive operation, lasting 8 days in May 1941, codenamed Rheinübung. The ship, along with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, was to break into the Atlantic Ocean and raid Allied shipping from North America to Great Britain. The two ships were detected several times off Scandinavia, and British naval units were deployed to block their route. At the Battle of the Denmark Strait, the battlecruiser HMS Hood initially engaged Prinz Eugen, probably by mistake, while HMS Prince of Wales engaged Bismarck. In the ensuing battle Hood was destroyed by the combined fire of Bismarck and Prinz Eugen, which then damaged Prince of Wales and forced her retreat. Bismarck suffered sufficient damage from three hits to force an end to the raiding mission.

The destruction of Hood spurred a relentless pursuit by the Royal Navy involving dozens of warships. Two days later, heading for occupied France to effect repairs, Bismarck was attacked by 16 Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bombers from the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal; one scored a hit that rendered the battleship's steering gear inoperable. In her final battle the following morning, the already-crippled Bismarck was engaged by two British battleships and two heavy cruisers, and sustained incapacitating damage and heavy loss of life. The ship was scuttled to prevent her being boarded by the British, and to allow the ship to be abandoned so as to limit further casualties. Most experts agree that the battle damage would have caused her to sink eventually.

The wreck was located in June 1989 by Robert Ballard, and has since been further surveyed by several other expeditions. A detailed underwater survey of the wreck in 2002 showed that the sustained close-range shelling was largely ineffective in the effort to sink the ship, the many torpedoes launched at Bismarck were also almost completely ineffective, and the massive plating of the armour deck was also found to be virtually

#Bismarck #WW2 #WWII

[TheAlMaidahInitiative]

This is perfect timing, I'm preparing to teach my kids about the battle of the Atlantic two days from now and I'm going to use this!

[marckbryanbalang]

Pride of a nation a beast made of steel
Bismarck in motion king of the ocean

[theshiphistorian]

One of the best sinkings you've made

[dogzilladdd]

The Bismarck sank stern first, and I love the Dunkerqe in the background. I forgot how to spell Dunkerqe.

[b]

I admire your work, but this is so inaccurate. The ship sank bow up, you show the turrets in line, barrels not raised, the ship in perfect condition. You show no signs of superstructure damage, no smoke or flames, no oil, no sign of death or complete devastation. The ship was mercilessly destroyed on its upper works, guns, cranes, masts, etc. Only the hull was basically intact. You show no debris, no men overboard. You portray it as a peaceful moment of a ship capsizing. It would have been hell on earth or should I say sea.

[michaelwynne]

That was the most random unexpected sinking I’ve ever

[Alpha_]

Just found your channel, damn you are good at this. Only things I’d see people having a problem with this video is the sign on his/her deck (even though historically accurate), people might complain that it’s not battle damaged (from the Denmark Strait and fallowing hunt), and for me is just the wrong ship in the background, that appears to be a French Richelieu class battleship, however all warships involved were British. However just some small things, and overall really nice looking (and kinda satisfying) animation

[CaptainMurasaTheULTRAKILLFan]

Make one USS Iowa sinks just like Titanic

[walterkronkitesleftshoe]

Nicely produced work Caljucotcas, but totally historically inaccurate, if you could make something more in line with what realy happened, that would be worthy of showing on TV. All the best.

[blazekingoffire]

Bismarck did not sink like that it flipped over then underwater the stern broke of then it sank by the stern

[victorkauan]

Bismarck virou afunda Poseidon oceana Ms

[didinemana]

can you sell me this rms Titanic even if it costs 1000 dollars