HISTORY

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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, Bismarck conducted only one offensive operation that lasted 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 by Prince of Wales 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 for repairs, Bismarck was attacked by fifteen Fairey Swordfish 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.

CONTROLS

AG 1 - 4: Main Turret Controls
AG5 - 6: Secondary Turret Controls

Galery

Bismarck underway C.1941

Bismarck seen from a boat up close

Bismarck Fighting the Hood

Bismarck in 1940

CREDIT

@AnIndonesianGuy for making a model of HMS Hood that is detailed but low part count so my laptop don't die lmao

RANT

Hello, i present to you, a new ship. The Terror Of The Seas, the Bismarck. Im actually quite happy with how the ship turned out. Now im not sure if i should be referring to this ship as a "he" "she" or "it" because some liked to use the term "he" because Lindemann asked the ship be referred as a "he" when naval traditions have always referred to a ship a "she". Im just gonna follow the naval tradition, and also because it allows me to picture the battleship Bismarck as the Bismarck in Azur Lane lmao.

Anyways, i need to focus on getting an internship so i can graduate lmao. So yeah i hope i got an internship on automotive engineering. Also, i plan to do more cosplays lmao (yeah i do lololololol its a lot of fun tbh), but schedule had been rather packed so im not sure when's next cosplay. Oh yeah, also im planning on making "The Big Three" as in my opinion, the Bismarck Class, the Yamato Class, and the Iowa Class are like the most popular ship with the most fans, i think that's because they represent the peak of WW2 technology at the time, though you may disagree with my opinion on this one. So try guessing which one's next.

Anyways, i'll end my rant here. I hope you enjoy the ship, i enjoyed making the ship as well, so yeah, thanks for reading, thanks for downloading and playing the ship, any upvotes are very much appreciated but not obligated lmao. Alright that's all i have to say, thank you and i'll see you soon, goodbye.