olekit24 wrote: * | November 30th, 2020, 12:23 pm |
Really? she was finished? I have read that Bismarck was left at the shipyard undone (without interiers and some parts) and only afrer 1920 she was finised...
Yes, she was launched right before World War I began and spent 1914-18 languishing in the fitting-out basin. She was completed in 1922, and was finished as Bismarck, not Majestic, as a final dig at her new British owners. She performed her trials under HAPAG Commodore Hans Ruser, who was also former skipper of both Imperator and Vaterland. The Captain of Majestic, Bertram Hayes, arrived aboard to find the cabins for the German crewmembers were finished perfectly, while his cabin was being used to store out-of-work toilets.
olekit24 wrote: * | November 30th, 2020, 12:23 pm |
what about HMS Caledonia.... if somebody helps me to find some photos
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