#SINKING SIMULATOR 2 BISMARCK SIMULATOR#

#SINKING SIMULATOR 2 BISMARCK SIMULATOR#

This is a computer driven warship simulator at the Royal Norwegian Navy's Naval Academy in Bergen. However, is it any more credible than the official position? None of the logs of the other ships taking part in the battle give any positions for the sinking, but there is a unique method to check the accuracy of the log position. In the Public Record Office in London, the actual navigational log of HMS Duke of York Admiral Fraser's flagship, records an entirely different position for the sinking from that shown in the official Dispatches. In his official Dispatches, Admiral Fraser stated that 'no ship saw the enemy sink' but, regardless of this, he proceeded to record an official position for that sinking.Īlmost 60 years later, a Norwegian underwater survey vessel searched the 25 square kilometres of the seabed surrounding that official position. Admiral Fraser signalled: 'Has Scharnhorst sunk?' and a destroyer replied that she has already picked up survivors.įraser then signalled Home Fleet Headquarters ' Scharnhorst sunk'. The Scharnhorst had disappeared when HMS Belfast attempted to deliver its second torpedo attack. The commander of Scharnhorst broadcast to his crew that 'I shake you all by the hand for the last time'. A total of 55 torpedoes are fired at Scharnhorst, and 11 found their target. The destroyer HMS Saumarez was hit, and 11 British seamen were killed outright. On board HMS Duke of York, Admiral Fraser ceased firing, and ordered his combined forces to attack with torpedoes.

However, her escape bid was foiled when one of her boiler rooms took a direct hit, slowing her dramatically. One of those destroyers was the Royal Norwegian Navy's destroyer Stord. The hammer was Force Two - the battleship Duke of York, the cruiser Jamaica, and four destroyers, which were approaching from the west. Shadowing the westbound convoy, and forming the anvil for the attack, was Force One - the cruisers, Belfast, Norfolk and Sheffield.

The Scharnhorst set sail, unaware that she was being lured into a carefully constructed Royal Navy trap with two convoys providing the bait. On Christmas Day, Doenitz signalled Scharnhorst: 'The enemy is attempting to aggravate the difficulties of our eastern land forces in their heroic struggle by sending an important convoy of provisions and arms to the Russians. 'Lucky', that is, until she was sunk by HMS Duke of York. With her flared 'clipper' bow and an extraordinary top speed of 33 knots, she had been described as one of the most beautiful warships ever built.

The Bismarck finally sank at around 10.40am, leaving just over one hundred survivors struggling in the water.'Lucky' Scharnhorst, as she was known in Germany, was a focus for national pride. The cruiser HMS Dorsetshire finally closed in and torpedoed the now smoking hulk.

The Bismarck was soon being deluged by heavy shells and her own guns were gradually knocked out.īy 10.10am the Bismarck’s guns had fallen silent and her superstructure was wrecked, with fires burning everywhere. The Bismarck still had her main armament of 8×15″ calibre guns operational but was out-gunned by the KGV’s 10×14″ and the Rodney’s 9×16″ weapons. British destroyers attacked the Bismarck during the night of 26/27 May, keeping her already exhausted crew constantly at their battle stations.ĭawn on the 27 May brought the sight of the British battleships HMS King George V and HMS Rodney closing in for the kill. Realising his ship was probably doomed, Admiral Lütjens sent a radio signal declaring loyalty to Adolf Hitler and faith in an ultimate German victory. HMS Ark Royal with Swordfish bombers overhead

Sinking simulator 2 bismarck