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He. The Bismarck was a He.

@@erichvonmanstein6876 Only Hitler and the captain referred to the ship as a “He”. However I and a lot of other people like to go with the traditional way and refer the ship as “She”. It just sounds better like something you want to care for like a girlfriend for example.

@@stevenmoore4612 no, it doesn't . And obviously they were not the ONLY one who refer to the ship as He. Alot of Germans refer to the Bismarck as He, myself included. To each thy own I suppose.

@@stevenmoore4612 Also, my woman takes care of herself,albeit that's a whole other can of worms.

He. The Bismarck was a He.

built for an ugly regime

@@briandavion Her captain and most of the crew were not Nazis

​@@abbabubba irrelevant to my statement, it was simply a beautiful ship, built for an ugly regime.

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@@Sam-Pound I stand corrected!

@@Sam-Pound exactly

www.hmshood.com/hoodtoday/2001expedition/bismarck/bismarck3.htm See the forecastle photos taken by David Mearn's expedition. The red, white and black are quite clear

@@kapitanpi88 thank you. Btw, your books are magnificent.

Hi William, from various books, accounts etc, contrary to what they show in the movie, Lutyens was not the fanatic Nazi, it was Lindemann who towed the party line. Whilst I have sympathy for all those who lost their lives during that chase, I have always felt sorry for the prize crews (last time seen alive were all sitting in a room that was hit by a large calibre shell). There were life boats on board, a message to the British and fitting a white flag to the boat may have saved them even though they would have been prisoners. I’ve also always had sympathy for the aircrew who were given a ‘reprieve’ when told to take the ships log and photographs to Brest. Sitting in the plane, engine gunning, waiting for launch only to find out that a splinter hitting the hydraulics had made the catapults inoperable.

it dident fight to the last shell they couldent fight at that point and just dident surrender

U call her a "he" but i call her a "she" and no one can stop that

@@madhie-kun8614 Let me guess, she's your waifu

@@madhie-kun8614 Do i need to explain another stupid idiot that Bismarck was referred to as a HE as an Order by Hitler and Dönitz? Jeez, so many people are just stupid

Bismarck's captain (Lindermann) referred to the ship as a He.

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I believe that it was from survivor accounts and the ship's log or war diary. As she approached the coast of France, Lindemann gave orders that the turret tops be painted yellow as aerial recognition signals for the expected Luftwaffe cover. There is a write up about it at the kbismarck website.

@@GRAYR189 correct,also when the germans invaded russia,the luftwaffe painted the underside of the wingtips yellow too to identify them to the army.

@@richard21109 Yes, as well as a yellow fuselage band aft of the balkankreutz near the tail.

@@GRAYR189 this paint scheme make no sense...because even if the order of painting the turrets yellow was true (there's no photographic evidence whatsoever) the Baltic dazzle camouflage was long gone by then.

@@jarkmodels True, but remember also that the Baltic camouflage scheme had nothing whatsoever to do with the ship being recognizable to Luftwaffe reconnaissance. It was designed to make Bismarck unrecognizable to surface units of the Royal Navy by breaking up her outlines and giving an impression she was smaller than she actually was. The yellow turret tops (main armament only) and the swastika bands on the forecastle and fantail decks were intended to be identifiable to air units (the surfaces they were painted on were, after all, easily visible from the AIR). It's true there's no photographic evidence of the yellow turret tops (at least no KNOWN photos), and the main turret that has been found near the wreck is upside down so there is no way to know what color its top is. But there doesn't have to be photographic evidence of something for it to be true (for instance, we don't have photos of Hitler actually committing suicide but we know he did). Ultimately it's unprovable, but the probability that it's true is very high.

Mon paradis (Bertysolo & Silent Partner). Only problem is I couldn't find an instrumental only for that song but it's the piano.

There is a good record of Bismarck main and secondary artillery turret tops being yellow, as well as barrel endings of turrets B and C. This was the case in early May 1941. When Bismarck was deployed to the Atlantic, the turrets were already changed to dark grey. Turret tops of main artillery only were painted again in yellow at the time of the sinking. The rangefinder & radar cupolas were really trained to starboard when the Baltic scheme was applied. It's very easy to check with photos, this feature is visible really well...

@@kapitanpi88 I disagree. Can you provide that information regarding the yellow painted turrets?. As I mentioned in a previous post, even if the order of painting them yellow was true, by then the baltic dazzle camouflage was gone. Don't get me wrong, your model is astonishing, but the paint scheme does not seem correct.

Wehraboos: *cries in single shot 3.7cm AA guns

The model depicts Bismarck as she looked in early May 1941, during Hitler's visit to the battleship. At this time she was wearing the Baltic camouflage, and she also had her main and secondary turret tops painted yellow.

@@kapitanpi88 hm as far as I Know Bismarck had her turret tops painted with a darker Grey, for aerial recognition the swastikas were painted on!

That was exactly the idea. When they got close enough to France, the luftwaffe could indentify it as friendly and provide support. I might be wrong tho, but i think i read this somewhere.

That's Bismarck's Radar and range finders.

And a few shells later...

TOVARISCH!!

and they were both sunk as well

Bismarck was damaged by a carrier and sunk by battleships

Both wrecks are in dramatically different conditions on the seafloor. Bismarck is largely intact except for elements of her superstructure, stern and turrets, and sits upright. Yamato is in 3 pieces, has a huge hole blown in her hull and is upside down resting on her superstructure and missing her turrets.

The Bismarck is not sunk by the enemy Battleships... self sinking!

@@vonsteuben6475 called scuttling

both were sunk by aircraft, well actually the Yamato by about 300 aircraft

No

Sure they were... in surrendering....