sinking of the bismarck

C.S.I reported this morning that he had lost touch at 0330. news also came that HMS Rodney had joined in the chase and was closing 22 knots, and keeping up that speed. We now steamed about as close as we could to the big ships, and slightlyto the North of them, to watchthe action. Altogether these attacks were delivered intermittently for three days and four nights. It was rather a fine sight as salvoes of tracer of all colours shot into the sky. The whole sea a glare of starshell and search lights, and the orange of the gun flashes, as the enemy opened fire with every single gu he could bring to bear, and the ship bucketing along through a head sea at 320 revolutions, with smoke belowing from her funnels, and the spray streaming over the bridge in solid sheets. We immediately turned to the South to close the enemy. Within three seconds puffs of black smoke shot out from the Bismarck. Another orange flash and we saw two ships comming out of the mist. Piorun was detached to refuel. The range that ships fired torpedoes from was Zulu 3000 yards, Maori 3500 yards, Cossack 4000 yards, and Sikh 6000 yards. They, too, turned in towards their pursuers. She was a fine looking ship, far more than her supposer 35,000 tons, and bigger perhaps than HMS Hood, with a long sweeping sheer on the forecastle, a fine arched bow, two turrets forward and two aft. Rodney turned away and came round to the Southward of the enemy, closing in as time went on to 1500 yards and firing the whole broadside into the enemy with both 16 inch and 6 inch guns. H.M.S.Dorsetshire old crew still around today who still remember the dash from Capetown to take part in this and can vouch for my words,and the eighty survivors we picked up out of just over a hundred. Smoke was pouring out of her superstructure, and guns were cocked at all angles. The 15-inch guns on her deck were capable of firing shells that weighed almost one ton and sending them 24 miles. Dear Sam, I have just read your father's account about the sinking of the Bismarck. Some fifteen torpedoe bombers were sighted at 10.50 but they turned out to be our own. Now, more than 70 years after over 50 Allied ships sank it following a chase through the Atlantic Ocean, the ship is revealing its secrets. It was a fine sight, the ships dipping into the swell with clouds of spray comming over the forecastles, and every so often belching clouds of brown smoke and yellow fire from the guns. The Bismarck was Germany’s “unsinkable” battleship which the Nazis used to wreak havoc on the British Royal Navy in World War II. He was gunnery officer and the highest ranking survivor. Dense clouds of yellow cordite smoke enveloped her bridge momentarily blotting out the view. Almost simultaneously with the order orange-gold flame belched with a roar from the Hood’s great forward guns. I watched the “battle of the giants” which culminated in the sinking of the Bismarck. The Hood continued to fire and to race forward. Another Article From Us: Sold to One of the World’s Largest Private Collectors – Kevin Wheatcroft. The Bismarck had been struck “many, many times,” according to the show. One of the rudders was severely damaged and the other rudder was completely blown off of the ship. With Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Carl Möhner, Laurence Naismith. More than 50 British ships joined in the hunt and sank the German ship in 16,000 feet of water. in this action,and in the two hours As a junior officer (Midshipman) at the start of the war, he had to keep a journal, that was revieed weekly by his training officer. Shortly after this the enemy was reported to have altered course to 340 degrees, that is directly towards us! These messages were added to this story by site members between June 2003 and January 2006. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites She had one funnel and a fairly large mainmast structure. On the way, 16 Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bombers attacked from the HMS Ark Royal. As explained by the show’s narrator, Avery Brooks, the Bismarck was the largest ship in the German navy. © Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. Bismark ceased fire and lay stopped by 09.30, but her flag still remained flying, and one gun fired spasmodically in local control. While this was going on we were able to close in to within about three miles of the enemy. This again brought some well directed salvoes of 15 inch and 5.9 inch shell before we could get to a safe distance. Archive List > World > North Atlantic and Arctic, sted Soon by thammick The enemy was reported to be stopped by torpedoe attacks. In that first few minutes, six salvoes of 15 inch shell fell near her , besides many salvoes of 5.9 inch and smaller. fired three torpedoe's two into her starboard and one into her port side,and Dorsetshire did not arrive at the end of this action we engaged the Bismark some minute's after the action had started and lay off the 27th May 1941. Here is the text, written at the time of the action: Parts were thrown hundreds of feet into the air, and in a few minutes all that remained was a patch of smoke on the water and some small pieces of wreckage. Piorun did not attack during the night. Nothing else happened that day.". Most of this time a thick curtain of snow enveloped the scene. Shortly after this, Zulu came in for her first close fire from the enemy, and from then on he seemed to single her out as his main target, possibly because she was the closest. Hood’s bows tilted vertically into the air, and three or four minutes after she was hit all that remained apart from bits of wreckage was a flicker of flame and smoke on the water’s surface. She was followed by Cossack, and then by Sikh.

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