S. U. since she ran aground in Mounts Bay, Cornwall when on passage to. 3. fully laden with a heavy escort. The Suffolk was equipped with a superior new radar system and the heavy cruisers shadowed the Bismarck and gave its whereabouts to the rest of the British fleet. Akira. Northampton class Heavy Cruisers, 1942 and 1945 (CA) - 3x3 8" guns, 8x1 5" guns. most important, draw attention from the struggling escort carriers. The primary objective of battleship Bismarck was to sink transporters coming from the U. The ship was named for the German statesman Otto von Bismarck. A Federation heavy cruiser is a type of heavy cruiser starship operated by the Federation and Starfleet, a heavy counterpart to the typical Federation cruiser. The following morning they were joined off Cape Arkona by the German destroyers Z 16 / Friedrich Eckhold and Z 23. The ship was launched on 16th February 1928 and completed on 31st May 1928. 75 inches (27. Introduction. The County class is generally known as Washington cruiser design “Class A” cruiser, reaching the top of what could be done within the 10,000-ton range. The 13 ships of the RN & RAN collectively known as the County classes have my vote. Its crew was picked up by one of the heavy cruiser's escorts. The heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen was assigned to him as cruiser escort. and set a course of 240º. They were almost without a doubt the best heavy cruisers of their day but their day had passed by WWII. HMAS Canberra was one of two 10,000 ton County Class Heavy Cruisers ordered by the Australian Government as part of a five year naval development program begun in 1924 and completed in 1929. Post by. Bismarck and Hood traded thundering blows for four minutes until the Germans finally found their target. They then proceeded through the Great Belt. The. Its main feature was the multi-vector assault mode, which allowed a Prometheus-class escort to split into three warp-capable, combat-ready sections designated Alpha, Beta and Gamma. IJN Armed Merchant Cruisers; WW2 Japanese Escorts;. Admiral Nakhimov, was laid-down on 17 May 1983, identification number 180. The Akira-class was a type of heavy cruiser starship in service to the Federation Starfleet in the 24th century. At 2130B/18 the German battleship Bismarck and the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen departed Gotenhafen for an anti-shipping raid in the North Atlantic. She acquired notoriety on her first war mission in May 1941, during the Atlantic sortie with the Bismarck in which the Hood was sunk and the Prince of Wales. . Launch of KMS Bismarck, Feb. November 1941. Two battleships and two heavy cruisers were firing against the Bismarck. 3 losses, all in 1942 in Eastern waters, with arduous service Worldwide firmly places these well armed, seaworthy ships. In the ensuing action both cruisers were sunk with heavy loss of life. HMS Norfolk was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy; along with her sister ship Dorsetshire she was part of a planned four-ship subclass. There was no indication of the source, which was in fact the Swedish cruiser Gotland. Bismarck and Hood traded thundering blows for four minutes until the Germans finally found their target. post-war troop transport, sold into merchant service November 1956; ran aground off Mexico 21 November 1984 Tokiwa Imperial Japanese Navy: Asama: armored cruiser: 9,700 18 May 1899 Sunk 9 August 1945 Tone: Tone: heavy cruiser: 15,200 30 November 1938 Sunk 14 July 1945 Topeka United States Navy: Cleveland: light cruiser: 11,800 23 December 1944Index to abbreviations & symbols: Select the first letter of the abbreviation or symbol to drop down to the appropriate letter in the alphabet. 30 October 1934: Ordered. The battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, and eight destroyers make a brief sortie into the North Sea. In May 1941, Hood and the battleship Prince of Wales were ordered to intercept the German battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, which were en route to the Atlantic, where they were to attack convoys. R. MilitaryFactory,com notes that this ship has two 155mm Advanced Gun Systems, 20 four-cell Mk 57 vertical-launch systems, and it can carry two helicopters. For six days, through good and bad weather, good luck and tragedy, two fleets and nearly a dozen individual warships tried to find, engage, and sink. Commissioned in 1940, Bismarck. It has been more than 80 years since the Bismarck sank at 1039 hours on 27 May 1941. They fired over 2,800 shells in a little less than two hours, hitting the German battleship some 400 times. Construction number B 501. Moore, RAN) departed Portsmouth. However I don’t know the exact distance at the moment. The Prinz Eugen (fourth warship to wear that name) was the third and last heavy cruiser commissioned by the Kriegsmarine. It encountered HMS Hood and sank it. IJN Ashigara in 1940 post-refit sea trials, colorized by irootoko jr. She commissioned at Clydebank on 9 July 1928, two months after her sister ship, HMAS Australia, under the command of Captain George L Massey RN. Re: Best WW2 heavy cruiser = Prinz Eugen ? Post by RF » Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:26 am I might add that the Eugen's hits did arguably cause more damage to POW than the four Bismarck hits - all four were ''glancing blows'' exemplified by the compass platform hit, whereas two of the Eugen hits struck below the waterline of POW and. D. They were escort by the heavy cruiser HMS Cornwall. found in the latest British dreadnoughts. Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg. Optimal logged recipe 4-6-7-2. The first capital ships of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, it comprised two vessels: Scharnhorst and. Heavy Battery I. Ungainly, slow, and lacking armor, the escort carriers of the American and British navies were the versatile, unsung workhorses of the second half of World War II. The following morning they were joined off Cape Arkona by the German destroyers Z 16 / Friedrich Eckhold and Z 23. G. HMS SUFFOLK - County-type Heavy Cruiserincluding Convoy Escort Movements. The two ships were detected several times off Scandinavia, and British naval units were deployed to block their route. The German battleship Bismarck was the most powerful warship in the world. At 2130B/18 the German battleship Bismarck and the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen departed Gotenhafen for an anti-shipping raid in the North Atlantic. Admiral Nakhimov. Losses has been heavy with three cruisers, four destroyers and othger ships, 19 total, but inflicted serious blows to the axis, notably 150,000 tons of. The following morning they were joined off Cape. She had made contact with the convoy with radar the previous day and had already made a. The German battleship Bismarck, seen from the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, shortly before the two ships parted ways after the Battle of the Denmark Strait on 24th May 1941. Tovey was aware that none of the convoys had necessary naval defenses against the Bismarck. No explosions were heard. By the start of World War II, Bismarck was one of the mightiest battleships in the world, owing to her advanced gun fire control system and powerful artillery. Showers, RAN) near Fremantle joined the convoy escort. The Iowa class was a class of six fast battleships ordered by the United States Navy in 1939 and 1940. The ship was a member of the Norfolk sub-class, of which Norfolk was the only other unit; the County class comprised a further eleven ships in two other sub-classes. MEDITERRANEAN 1940-43 - MATAPAN 1941 - LIBYA 1940-41 - GREECE 1941 - CRETE 1941 - NEW GUINEA 1943-44 - VIETNAM 1969-70*. Japanese battleship. His mission was to attack enemy supply lines in the North Atlantic and to attempt a breakthrough and continue operations even if discovered by the enemy. S. They then proceeded through the Great Belt. Navy (USN) ships: Battleships, New/Fast and Old;. Bismarck — German Tier VIII battleship. The following morning they were joined off Cape Arkona by the German destroyers Z 16 / Friedrich Eckhold and Z 23 . At about 2145, Bismarck opened fire on the Sheffield at a range of about nine miles. On 21. 14, 1939. The German armoured cruiser excelled in this battle, engaging British cruisers at 18 kilometers, then closing to 12 km at about 19H PM. Nearly 2170 members of the RAN lost their lives during World War II. In May, 16 convoys were out in the Atlantic, headed for the Mediterranean or the British Isles. Battleship Bismarck Forums; ↳ Bismarck General Discussion; ↳ Bismarck Crewmember Research; ↳ The Wreck of the Bismarck; Naval History Forums;Duquesne class heavy cruisers (1925) France (1925) These first French heavy cruisers according to the 1922′ Washington treaty’s new definition, sacrificed protection for speed and were enlarged Duguay-Trouin class. Bismarck ’s armour-piercing shells had ripped through Hood ’s upper deck, causing a huge explosion in her ammunition magazine. On 18 January the light cruiser HMAS Adelaide (Capt. ABD -- advance base dock. Bismarck sighted at 1030/26. The 31 Japanese torpedo bombers struck Giffen's two escort carriers, three heavy cruisers, three light cruisers, and eight destroyers 50 miles north of Rennell Island, the southern-most island of the Solomon Islands. The German naval high command now planned a powerful and daring April sortie of the Bismarck and the new heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen,. Launched on March 27 1930 by Blohm & Voss Werft in Hamburg for the Hamburg-Amerika ( HAPAG) line, the 7,021-ton freighter Kurmark, had five sister ships, the Bitterfeld, Uckermark, Nordmark, Strassfurt and the Neumark, which was converted into the Hilfskreuzer Widder. Christian VII. Battle of Java Sea. KMS Admiral Hipper had a commendable war career despite continual engine problems. 148 metres long, 18. They were spotted through. 3. Battle of Java Sea. P o s t W a r N o t e s. At 0900/21 the Bismarck and her consorts entered Kors Fjord, near Bergen, Norway and anchored in nearby fiords. The following morning they were joined off Cape Arkona by the German destroyers Z 16 / Friedrich Eckhold and Z 23. Escort was initially provided by the heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire (Capt. On 18 May 1941, Grand Admiral Erich Raeder set in motion the most dramatic test of the Royal Navy’s ability to defend the North Atlantic shipping lanes to date. At 2130B/18 the German battleship Bismarck and the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen departed Gotenhafen for an anti-shipping raid in the North Atlantic. , 19 May, by Bismarck. This Day in History: 05/27/1941 - Bismarck Sunk. HMS Hood (pennant number 51) was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy (RN). The Bismarck was laid down in 1936 and launched in 1939. A. 6 cm) main guns. It carried a main battery of nine 8-inch guns and eight 5-inch antiaircraft. Fleet commander Admiral Günther Lütjens was an experienced Atlantic. 6 federation destroyer (dd) r2. Bismarck was the first of two Bismarck-class battleships built for the German Kriegsmarine. HMS NORFOLK went to work up in Malta during October 1945 prior to joining 5th Cruiser Squadron in East Indies. The year was 1941. The German battleship Bismarck was the most powerful warship in the world. Front 1. German Federal Archives. The Gemini class was a 23rd century Federation starship type, a tier 4-rated cruiser class in Starfleet service in the 2260s and 2270s decades. She had made contact with the convoy with radar the previous day and had already made a torpedo. They then proceeded through the Great Belt. 4 federation heavy cruiser (ca) r2. The end of her brief career foreshadowed the passing of the battleship era, of which she was a technological triumph and upon which she and her brave, fallen crew left an indelible mark. After the aerial torpedo attack, the new erratic course of the Bismarck caused her to close the range with the Sheffield. Bismarck reports to Group West: “0700 hours quadrant AK 55. Admiral Graf Spee was a Deutschland-class " Panzerschiff" (armored ship), nicknamed a "pocket battleship" by the British, which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. In short, this destroyer is a little smaller. Despite the heavy/light terms, they were roughly the same size and with roughly the same armor. Ciao Antonio . blowing the bows off several Japanese heavy cruisers. 19 May 1941 : Battleship Bismarck departed Gotenhafen (Gdynia), occupied Poland at 0200 hours and made rendezvous with heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and destroyers Z-16 Friedrich Eckoldt and Z-23 off Rügen Island at 1200 hours. Beam;. On 18 May 1941, Grand Admiral Erich Raeder set in motion the most dramatic test of the Royal Navy’s ability to defend the North Atlantic shipping lanes to date. German cruiser Prinz Eugen was sailing along with the Bismarck all the time apart from the time the Royal Navy engaged heavy forces to sink it. 31806 The veteran ship which succumbed to the Bismarck. However, the adoption of convoy escorts, especially in the Atlantic, greatly. 000 Allied Commanders of WWII, from the US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, The Polish Navy. At 8,736 tons, the Kormoran was the biggest of the raiders, over twice the size of Thor and Komet. This section includes over 21. Navy the following year. Submarine. (FASA RPG module: Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual; Decipher RPG module: Starfleet Operations Manual) The prototype of this class was the USS. She was launched on 16 February 1926, and commissioned on 31 May 1928. G. Exeter hit Graf Spee in battle in which (according to Wikipedia) fire was commenced at distance of 19 000 yards (17 300 meters). KENT-Class cruiser ordered on 15th February 1924 from HM Dockyard, Portsmouth and laid down on 30th September that year. H. Starting off our list is the cruiser Wichita of the United States Navy. Rico. So, it would be Bismarck’s duty to engage the escorts while the other ships attacked the merchant vessels virtually unopposed. She joined the Squadron as Flagship in December 1945 and remained on. Heavy Cruiser Admiral Hipper. Ciao Antonio . Admiral Franz von Hipper, 1863-1932, was commander of the German High Seas Fleet battle cruiser force at the beginning of the war; defeated by Beatty at Dogger Bank, 1915; evened the score at Jutland, where he outmaneuvered Beatty, sinking two British battle. How would the panzerschiff fire power compare with the WW2 US heavy cruisers? In a one on one meeting would the 8 inch armament of US ships be expected to do better than say a British County Class cruiser?. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London and is operated by the Imperial War Museum. 3% 7 Light cruisers (CL) 34 1 2. Ungainly, slow, and lacking armor, the escort carriers of the American and British navies were the versatile, unsung workhorses of the second half of World War II. On the morning of 24 May,. Bismarck forced the British cruisers to back off with her guns, but the cruisers would follow at a safer distance to report the German position. My impression is that, at least until 1943 (when the Baltimores were introduced into service), the Admiral Hipper class was the most powerfull heavy cruiser class produced all over the world. She was occupied on Arctic convoys until hitting a mine off Iceland on 3 March 1942 and was under repair until July. French fighters, possibly Dewoitine 520's or American-built Curtiss Hawk 75's, attacked the "Seagulls," and one had to make a forced landing. Agar, VC, DSO, RN). SMS Yorck sank after a mine hit in November 1914, while SMS Roon was converted into an unarmed residential ship in. Bismarck ’s armour-piercing shells had ripped through Hood ’s upper deck, causing a huge explosion in her ammunition magazine. Only three of her 1,418 officers and men survived. Warren, RN) and the light cruiser HMS Dunedin (Capt. December 1939 - January 1940: At Kiel. At 820 ft (the length of three football pitches), it was almost as long as the Titanic, but was 30 ft wider and so heavily armored it weighed twice as much. USS Alaska CB-1, was the first of the Alaska class large cruisers…the 27,500-ton Alaska class large cruisers, built at Camden, New Jersey, and was commissioned in June 1944. Drop rates increase with ammo and steel. S. and sailing to Europe transporting goods (oil, food). The heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser, a naval warship designed for long range and high speed, armed generally with naval guns of roughly 203 mm (8 inches) in calibre, whose design parameters were dictated by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930. dreadnaughtz666. A Portland-class heavy cruiser, the Indianapolis was 610 feet 3 inches (186 metres) long and displaced 9,950 tons. Christened by Erika Raeder, wife of Generaladmiral Erich. R. Operation Rheinubung - the Bismarck action. Hilfskreuzer (Auxiliary Cruiser / Raider) Orion: The History: Launched on March 27 1930 by Blohm & Voss Werft in Hamburg for the Hamburg-Amerika (HAPAG) line, the 7,021-ton freighter Kurmark, had five sister ships, the Bitterfeld, Uckermark, Nordmark, Strassfurt and the Neumark, which was converted into the Hilfskreuzer Widder. 8 federation fleet tug (tug) r2. Heavy Cruiser spam. The convoy comprised 35 merchant ships and 6 naval auxiliaries (41 in all) and was defended by a close escort and two distant escort forces, 43 warships in total. Bismarck had her forward superfiring turret disabled as the lower turret and her bridge crippled. ⚔ WW2. Destroyers WRYNECK and VENDETTA were detached to Sollum. A heavy cruiser was up to 10,000 tons with guns up to 8 inches. HMS Exeter had received the only one 8-inch hit secured by any of four heavy cruisers taking part in the battle. Cruisers were the perfect match. On May 18, 1941, Bismarck and its escort, the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, embarked on Operation Rheinübung, a campaign to sink Allied shipping in the North Atlantic and knock Britain out of the war. AB -- crane ship. Two crew were killed and three wounded on the gunboat. S. The Bismarck contains an astounding 2,065 crew count to help keep the battleship afloat under its 100-360 mm of steel armour. The Seydlitz was a heavy cruiser of the German navy, which was 95%t complete. I'd nominate Blucher as the best. The 19th Century forebear of the Heavy Cruiser was the Protected Cruiser rather than the AC despite some misleading similarities. They saw the reddition of Japan on 2 September 1945. The heavy cruiser HMS Berwick (Capt.