Yamato - Imperial Japanese Navy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato View attachment 30 Battleship Yamato was a Imperial Japanese Navy battleship. Yamato and Musashi were the largest battleships in the world, with 65,000 tons and armed with 460 mm 18.1inch main guns.
Duke of York View attachment 34 HMS Duke of York was built at Clydebank and launched of the 28th January 1940, she served most of World war two in the home Fleet, (1940 to 1945) serving of the Murmansk Convoys and also took part in the sinking of the Scharnhorst (German Battlecruiser) on the 26th December 1943, in August 1945 she was transferred to the Pacific to operate against the Japanese. She entered the reserve fleet in 1949 and was Scrapped at Faslane, Scotland on the 18th February 1958
That moment in time shows us the real horrors of war. The footage shows the loss of 862 men when the magazines blew. Weird to think we are witnessing that. Lest We Forget. Regards Hugh
Bismarck A seriously jampacked site dedicated to the Bismarck. Loads of technical data, photos, data about the crew, etc. It even has the War Diary of the ship (translated). http://www.kbismarck.com/ ......
Deutschland/Lützow & Admiral Scheer & Admiral Graf Spee A good site covering the German pocket battleships. Excellent photo galleries: http://www.deutschland-class.dk/ ........
There is the book, Requiem For Battleship Yamato By Yoshida Mitsuru, who was an Ensign on the Yamato about the final and Kamikazi voyage of the battleship.
There is also the book, Battleship Bismarck by Burkard Baron Von Mullenhein - Rechberg. He was the aft gunnery officer and most senior survivor from the Bismarck.
