KMS Bismarck
Portside profile of a model by Neptun #1002. One can understand the British Admiralty's apprehension when she sortied from Norway with KMS Prinz Eugen, intending to raid Allied convoys on the North Atlantic. With her speed, armament and cunning she could beat anything the British could throw at her; except she had an Achilles heel, which a British naval air attack fortuitously struck, leading to her sinking on May 27, 1941. Her looks are compelling, and if esthetics were applicable to war machines, she certainly was a leader in attractive proportions and massing, as were most of the Kriegsmarine capital ships.
KMS Bismarck
Portside profile of a model by Neptun #1002. One can understand the British Admiralty's apprehension when she sortied from Norway with KMS Prinz Eugen, intending to raid Allied convoys on the North Atlantic. With her speed, armament and cunning she could beat anything the British could throw at her; except she had an Achilles heel, which a British naval air attack fortuitously struck, leading to her sinking on May 27, 1941. Her looks are compelling, and if esthetics were applicable to war machines, she certainly was a leader in attractive proportions and massing, as were most of the Kriegsmarine capital ships.