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Big Brother, Little Sister (Bismarck and Prinz Eugen ) By Randall Wilson. Bismarck and Prinz Eugen exiting the Denmark Strait before the historic encounter with HMS Hood. |
Emden and Blucher by Randall Wilson. Emden and Blucher arriving at Schweinamund to depart the next day for Oslo. |
Breakout by Randall Wilson. The Bismarck is seen taking the lead from the Prinz Eugen on the breakout from Bergen May 1941. |
Knight's Move - Admiral Hipper Weighing Anchor by Randall Wilson. Admiral Hipper Weighing Anchor in Alta Fjord with Admiral Scheer. They sortied to engage convoy PQ17. |
SMS Derfflinger By Randall Wilson. SMS Derfflinger at anchor at Kiel, 1918. Astern is SMS Hindenburg. |
Battle of the Falkland Islands by Randall Wilson. Admiral von Spees Flagship SMS Scharnhorst leads SMS Gneisenau in the opening stages of engaging the Royal Naval ships east of the Falklands, 8th December 1914. |
Time to Move by Randall Wilson. Battleship Tirpitz weighs anchor and ups steam to move out of Alta Fjord 1944. |
SMS Seydlitz 1916 by Randall Wilson. Down by the bows, the battered Seydlitz returns to the Jade after being heavily involved in the gun line action at Jutland. |
Floating Fortress by Randall Wilson. The Tirpitz showing her last paint scheme, she sailed from Kaafjord to Hakoy island, Tromso Fjord it was to be her final resting place. Hit by tallboy bombs she capsized and sank. |
The Kaiser's Ship by Randall Wilson. Emerging from a smokescreen SMS Baden surges ahead of her sister ship SMS Bayern to resume battle speed in these fleet manoeuvres in the Baltic, during 1917 |
Bismarck by Randall Wilson. Under attack by swordfish from HMS ark Royal, Bismarck heels to port as she is struck by a torpedo in the Stbd. Aft. rudder area. |
K.M.S. Gneisenau - Stand by The Bowlines by Randall Wilson. Gneisenau returns to Kiel harbour after participating in Operation Nord Mark. With number one bowline secured crew crew prepares to bring the ship alongside. |
The Hunters by Randall Wilson. The mighty German battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz operated together for only 6 hours on the 18th May 1941. |
The Battle of the River Plate by Randall Wilson. Under attack from HMS Ajax, HMS Exeter and HMS Achilles, the German Pocket battleship Graf Spee is shown at speed returning salvos, December 1939. |
Tirpitz by Randall Wilson. Flanked by destroyers, Tirpitz departs Altafjord, July 1942. Passing her port bow is a Focke-Wulf FW200 Condor C3, outbound for Recon duties. Fighter escort was performed by Me110s. |
Battle of the Denmark Straits by Randall Wilson. With salvos landing close, the Bismarck with Prinz Eugen is shown loosing off the salvo that destroyed HMS Hood. |
Operation Rheinubung by Randall Wilson. Bismarck anchored at No.5 buoy takes on main armament ammo in Gottenhaven, before sailing to Norway and the Atlantic. |
Schnell Boats Operating in the Baltic by Randall Wilson. German Schnell Boats were heavily armed coastal craft often referred to by the Royal Navy as E-boats. Fast, and better armed than the Royal navy MTBs and PT-boats, they became the most effective inshore attack craft of World War Two. Lurssen built the first German MTB in 1930, originally called UZ16 it would later become W1 and finally S1 in 1932. All German Schnell Boats would carry two seperate torpedo tubes. In total 249 Schnell Boats were built for the Kriegsmarine, with a total of 157 being lost or scuttled. The last 92 were split between the Allies with 30 going to the US, 34 going to United Kingdom and 28 to Russia. |
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