How did the Battleship Bismarck get its name?
The battleship Bismarck was named for Germany's former Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.
Where was the battle ship the 'Bismarck' sunk during World War 1?
The Bismarck was a 2nd World War Battleship not a First World War battleship. You are getting the ship confused with the man: "Otto von Bismarck" after whom the battleship was named. Bismarck was the Minister President of the Kingdom of Prussia, who then became the First Chancellor of the German Empire. To answer your question here's a map of where the Bismarck was sunk. http://www.warcovers.dk/greenland/bismarck_map.jpg
What is the name of the unsinkable ship that sunk?
The Titanic was advertised as "unsinkable". Sank in 1912 in the North Atlantic after hitting an ice berg. The German battleship SMS Ostfriesland was claimed to be an unsinkable "super-battleship". It was sunk in 1921. The German Battleship Bismarck was also claimed to be unsinkable but was sunk after a fierce sea-battle in 1941.
What British battleship was sunk by one shell from the Bismarck?
No "battleship" was sunk by Bismarck. The "battlecruiser" HMS Hood was sunk by Bismarck on May 24, 1941. Battlecruisers do not have the armor that battleships are built with, being designed for speed and firepower. Hood, however, was larger than any of the British battleships of World War II, and was one of the most heavily armed British capital ships.
What British battleship was sunk when it faced the German battleship Bismarck?
HMS Hood. HMS Hood was a battlecruiser and was not intended to engage a battleship especially one such as Bismarck which was at that time the biggest battleship afloat along with her sister ship Tirpitz. Basically Battlecruisers engaged cruisers and avoided Battleships. Bismarck actually weighed in at 53,000 tons against Hood at 42,000. It seems logical that every ton on a warship is there for a purpose so a disparity of 11,000 tons could represent…
What sank the battleship Bismarck?
The battleship Bismarck was rendered unsteerable due to a torpedo hit, then blasted repeatedly by battleship salvoes and by torpedoes on the morning of May 27, 1941. Although the battleship was severely damaged and rendered incapable of battle, the ship was reportedly scuttled by her crew. The captain and first officer had been killed, as had Fleet commander Admiral Lutjens. Few of the senior officers survived. The pursuing British ships had mostly retired from the…
How many ships were sunk by the battleship Bismarck?
One. In the Battle of the Denmark Strait (May 24, 1941), the British battleship HMS Hood was hit at long range by a salvo from Bismarck, exploded, and sank, leaving only three survivors. It is suspected that a shell penetrated Hood's forward ammunition magazine. Three days later, the Bismarck was first damaged by a torpedo, then blasted by a British fleet, before finally being scuttled by her crew.
When was space aliens built in Bismarck?
The Bismarck was a German Battleship active, and eventually sunk- in World War II. in a notable battle she took out the HMS Hood within a few minutes- the Hood was a Battle-cruiser, with limited Deck armor but big cannons. I can"t see any connection. Star Cruiser Yamato dealt with a ( Space-adapted) Battleship but that was Japanese. The Yamato ( roughly,l Patriot) was sunk at the second battle for Okinawa, really the most decisive…
What was the the largest German battleship?
It was the BISMARCK battleship, which sank Britain's HOOD in 1941 and was sunk itself a few days later in the Atlantic Ocean close to Brest, France. NO it wasn't. It was the Tirpitz which hid in a Norwegian fjord and was bombed and sunk Tirpitz was 2 metres longer overall and 1200 tons heavier (basic displacement) Tirpitz never fought and so most people think the Bismarck was larger, it was only a similar ship…
Who had the Bismarck ship World War 2?
The battle cruiser Bismarck was a German fast battleship and was intended to be a commerce raider, sinking merchant vessels bringing American war material to England. It made a single sortie into the North Atlantic, sinking the British battleship HMS Hood, but receiving minor damage from the HMS Prince of Wales. The commander of the Bismarck knew that most of the Royal Navy was hunting for them, so he chose to make a high-speed run…
What was England's largest battleship in World War 2?
The largest battleship was HMS Hood, which was destroyed by Bismarck with a single shell hitting the magazine. It was so devastating, that the ship was forced upside down on the sea bed - the only wreck ever to have done so. There may have been bigger aircraft carriers, but they are not strictly battleships...
How many men died on the battleship Bismarck when it sank?
The German battleship Bismarck was sunk on May 27, 1941 by a British fleet off Brest, France. One account lists only 115 survivors and 1,995 killed of Bismarck's crew. It is unknown how many were lost after the ship was scuttled, because neither British nor German ships reached most of the men in the water. The dead included the captain and almost all senior officers, killed on the bridge by a 14-inch shell fired by…
Ships that sunk in the ocean that were ajor ships?
War time or peace time? In peace time, the major warships sunk in the ocean have been: 1. Battleship USS Oklahoma, sunk while under tow to California after WWII. 2. Battleship USS Arkansas, sunk by an Atomic Bomb, during testing in the Pacific in 1946. 3. Battleship USS Nevada, sunk for target practice in the Pacific. 4. Battleship USS Pennsylvania, sunk for target practice in the Pacific. 5. Battleship USS New York, sunk for target…
Where did the Bismarck sink?
In the North Atlantic. The German battleship Bismarck was devastated in a naval battle with British forces on May 27, 1941, in the Atlantic about 400 miles (650 km) west of Brest, France. Unable to steer or shoot back, the ship was scuttled by the crew. Most of the 2100 crewmen perished, with only 115 confirmed survivors.
Impact of world war 2 on Vietnam from 1941?
Vietnam was occupied by Japan from '40 until '45. Of interest, is the Royal Navy Battleship HMS Prince of Wales (of fighting the German Bismarck battleship fame) and battlecruiser HMS Repulse were both sunk by land based Japanese bombers, which took off from airfields in Vietnam. For the first time in naval history, a battleship which was underway, and fighting back, was sunk by airpower alone (10 December 1941).