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7 unusual facts about German battleship Bismarck


Donegal Corridor

A notable episode was when a Consolidated Catalina flying boat from No. 209 Squadron RAF based at Lough Erne located the German battleship Bismarck in 1941, leading to the ship's destruction.

Georg Lindemann

He was the 1st cousin of Dr. jur. Ernst Lindemann, father of Kapitän zur See Ernst Lindemann, the only commander of the German battleship Bismarck.

House of Bismarck

Two ships of the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine), as well as a battleship from the World War II-era, were named after Otto von Bismarck.

Louis Gathmann

The concept was not used in his lifetime, but is essentially the same armor as was used by the Germans in World War II on the German battleship Bismarck.

Martin Harlinghausen

During his time as Fliegerführer Atlantik, Harlinghausen was held responsible for the Luftwaffes failure to prevent the loss of the battleship Bismarck.

Wick Airport

On 21 May 1941, a photographic reconnaissance Supermarine Spitfire piloted by Flying Officer Michael F. Suckling took off from Wick, and flew to Norway, in search of the German battleship Bismarck.

Wilfrid Patterson

He participated in the naval battle that sunk the German battleship Bismarck.


Rusticle

They may be familiar from underwater photographs of shipwrecks, such as the RMS Titanic and the German battleship Bismarck.


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