Favorite German Ships

[royalfan5]

I'd go with the original Sharnhorst and Gneisenau

[Mongo]

Bismarck

[OUGreg723]

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2003/03/images_bismarck/bismarck_16.jpg

How the **** did the Allies sink this thing?

[Jerk]

U-96

http://www.moviemail-online.co.uk/images/small//Das-Boot.jpg

[royalfan5]

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2003/03/images_bismarck/bismarck_16.jpg

How the **** did the Allies sink this thing?
The German crew actually set off scuttling charges to do it in. Other than that it was lucky rudder shot, and pound at a safe distance with overwhelming force.

[Mongo]

How the **** did the Allies sink this thing?

Its not the size of the ship that matters.......:D

[OUGreg723]

The German crew actually set off scuttling charges to do it in. Other than that it was lucky rudder shot, and pound at a safe distance with overwhelming force.


Wow. Thanks for the info man.

or shall I say, Danka? ;)

[picasso]

is that the Tirpitz?

[royalfan5]

is that the Tirpitz?
Bismarck but same basic thing since they were sister ships.

[picasso]

Bismarck but same basic thing since they were sister ships.
ahh I forogt, I think the RAF sank the Tirpitz or rendered it useless in de fjords no?

[royalfan5]

ahh I forogt, I think the RAF sank the Tirpitz or rendered it useless in de fjords no?
An RAF airstrike capsized it in a Fjord in 1943, I believe. The Germans never allowed the Tirpitz to sortie because of what happened to the Bismarck.

[picasso]

An RAF airstrike capsized it in a Fjord in 1943, I believe. The Germans never allowed the Tirpitz to sortie because of what happened to the Bismarck.
yes but I know just it's presence in that area of the world struck fear in the hearts of allied sailors.

[royalfan5]

yes but I know just it's presence in that area of the world struck fear in the hearts of allied sailors.
True but the Germans were never really able to successfully utlize their surface units in WWII except for the second Scharnhorst and Gneisnau's raiding in the first couple years of the war.

[jkm, the stolen pifwafwi]

http://www.feldgrau.com/grafspee-3.jpg

the bismarck was cursed. the tirpitz wasn't ready, the sharnhorst and gneisenau (the other two that were supposed to be in that battle group) were damaged, and someone broke a refilling pump that shorted them 1000 tons of fuel.

[jkm, the stolen pifwafwi]

the british dumped some tallboys on the tirpitz's bow and pretty much made it unseaworthy.

[sooneron]

Wow. Thanks for the info man.

or shall I say, Danka? ;)
or danke.

[OUGreg723]

or danke.

or that.:D

Why did I take Latin...

[Okla-homey]

Bismarck's escort cruiser Prinz Eugen survived the war. She was sold for scrap to the Gillette Razor Company.

just saying.

[Skysooner]

Graf Spee. Scuttled in Argentina waters. Cool story though.

[mikeelikee]

Das Boot

[LoyalFan]

For me, the "lucky ship". Heavy cruiser "Prinz Eugen".

http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=cruiser+Prinz+Eugen&page=1&offset=0&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3Da 9978588823c406f%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery% 3Dcruiser%2BPrinz%2BEugen%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp% 253A%252F%252Fwww.prinzeugen.com%252F%26invocation Type%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSCPTop%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prinzeugen.com%2F

Scroll! Scroll! Schnell!

Dot vill be alles!

[picasso]

mein svon stukka is still afloat.

[Flagstaffsooner]

Bismarck's escort cruiser Prinz Eugen survived the war. She was sold for scrap to the Gillette Razor Company.

just saying.That explains my moustache.

http://www.theset.co.nz/IM_Custom/ContentStore/Assets/8/73/0e2133227d379982cfd2e32bf6b1b6cf.gif

[LoyalFan]

Bismarck's escort cruiser Prinz Eugen survived the war. She was sold for scrap to the Gillette Razor Company.

just saying.


ERROR! ERROR! ERROR! Uhhhhh...Prinz Eugen was used in the Bikini Atoll A-Bomb tests, survived initial blast, and sank later. See MY post in this thread re Prinz Eugen, the link has a further link to the ship's history.
Woulda made some tough blades though.
Spekfully,

LF

[Okla-homey]

ERROR! ERROR! ERROR! Uhhhhh...Prinz Eugen was used in the Bikini Atoll A-Bomb tests, survived initial blast, and sank later. See MY post in this thread re Prinz Eugen, the link has a further link to the ship's history.
Woulda made some tough blades though.
Spekfully,

LF

That was after the Gillette company removed much of der Prinz's armor plate and guns which made a bazillion Gillette "Blue Blades" from the high-quality Krupps steel these components were manufactured from. I know this because My uncle Art helped pull it off her at Philadelphia in 1946-47 in his first civy job after getting out of the WWII Navy.

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/7488/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz22.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/4893/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz23.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

so there.

[TUSooner]

Scrap metal smack alert!

[GDC]

http://www.westbourne-model.co.uk/model-boat-images/aeronaut/bismarck.jpg

I won the Wal-Mart Model Contest as a kid by building one of these bad boys.

[LoyalFan]

That was after the Gillette company removed much of der Prinz's armor plate and guns which made a bazillion Gillette "Blue Blades" from the high-quality Krupps steel these components were manufactured from. I know this because My uncle Art helped pull it off her at Philadelphia in 1946-47 in his first civy job after getting out of the WWII Navy.

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/7488/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz22.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/4893/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz23.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

so there.

Well, if Uncle Art sez it's so, then it's so, LOL!
No mention of that on Prinz E's website, but it must be true.
Frankly, I was hoping you would prove that the steel was removed and used by Gillette, post-Bikini. Imagine that slogan!

FOR THAT SPECIAL GLOW, SHAVE WITH GILLETTE'S NEW "CRUISER BLADES"!

LF