Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "Hunting the Bismarck - The Pride of Germany - Extra History - Part 1" video.

  1. The Jean Bart was only commissioned in 1949. Impero displaced 45485 tons, and was 790 feet long. Bismarck displaced 49500 tons, and was 823 feet long.
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  2. But not in service in May 1941.
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  3.  @laurarobertson2287  No, the Yamato was vastly superior to the Bismarck. Both, however, were built for a time that had gone.
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  4. Bismarck was slightly smaller than Tirpitz, but Tirpitz wasn't operational in May, 1941. Neither was Yamato or the North Carolinas.
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  5.  @noobmithut2767  So nothing. I was simply correcting your false assertion. In May, 1941, Bismarck was the biggest battleship on earth, although hardly the best.
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  6. Actually, Bismarck's weight of broadside was inferior to that of the Nelsons, the KGVs, Hood, the QEs, and the Rs. In terms of armour, the Nelsons & the KGVs were both much superior.
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  7. No.
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  8. Not in May, 1941, she wasn't.
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  9. In May, 1941, Germany had not attacked the Soviet Union.
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  10. Not in May, 1941, she wasn't. Yamato only commissioned in December, 1941.
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  11. Except Yamato wasn't in commission in May, 1941, she only commissioned in December.
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  12. Lutjens was ordered to attack convoys, and to avoid action with the Home Fleet. He failed on both counts. His ship was damaged in the Denmark Strait action, after which he tried to reached France, and failed for a third time.
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  13. Who had to do that? Certainly not the Royal Navy.
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  14. Actually, it was so brilliantly designed that it could submerge to avoid being attacked. To this very day, the British still fear that this monster will surface and re-commence attacks on shipping. How many people know that HMS Vanguard was not scrapped, but was mothballed, hidden in a Scottish Loch, and is awaiting the call?
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  15. Yes, but she didn't commission until December, 1941.
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