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The Bismarck is probably the most famous warship in the world. The German battleship, 45,000 tons, was completed in early 1941 and went on to sink the 'Mighty Hood', pride of the Royal Navy, during one of the most sensational naval encounters ever. After a dramatic chase around the North Atlantic, involving many units of the Royal Navy, Bismarck was finally dispatched with gunfire and torpedoes on 27 May, less than five months after she was completed. Her wreck still lies where she sank, 4800m down and 960km off the west coast of France. 'The Battleship Bismarck' is the finest documentation of this famous ship ever published. What makes this and all 'Anatomy of the Ship' volumes unique is a complete set of superbly executed line drawings, both the conventional type of plan as well as explanatory views, with fully descriptive keys. These are supported by technical details, photos and a record of the ship's service history. Complete with an extended ship's plan on the reverse of a fold-out jacket.
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Jack Brower runs his own design and draughtsmanship company. He has spent months researching this book in the Bundesarchiv Kriegsmarine collection and through the original records of the shipyard of Blohm and Voss in Germany.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
An outstanding reference and I can understand why this book can be hard to come by. This will be an invaluable reference for the model that I will soon be building; it even has the exact paint codes on the cover.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As in most previous cases books in The Anatomy of the Ship series are excellent studies of specific ships (some of those on USN warships lack the detail found in books about warships from other countries). This recent addition (a reprint of the 2005 edition) is no exception and is a useful reference addition to the literature on the design of the Bismarck. The line drawings, by the Canadian author Jack Bower, are extremely well researched and executed. They are clear and provide all that might be necessary for model makers, be they scratch builders or those trying to improve on plastic kits, etc. As in previous volumes in the series the book contains a useful and interesting photographic section and a technical description of the ship, with a potted history of her brief service career before being sunk by the RN in the North Atlantic in May 1941. The dust jacket illustration for this new edition is by Ross Watton, a former student of technical illustration at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art & Design.
Personally I would have liked to see more three-dimensional illustrations of interior compartments but not all draughtsmen are capable of doing such illustrations. However, this 'omission' IS personal and doesn't detract from the real value of this book, which will suite both the modeler and those interested in 20th century warship design and development.
Highly recommended and a very useful addition to the series.
Personally I would have liked to see more three-dimensional illustrations of interior compartments but not all draughtsmen are capable of doing such illustrations. However, this 'omission' IS personal and doesn't detract from the real value of this book, which will suite both the modeler and those interested in 20th century warship design and development.
Highly recommended and a very useful addition to the series.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
For probably the most famoush warship of the 20th century, we could have expected better from the usually brilliant "Anatomy of the Ship" series.
In this volume, the drawings are of an exceptionally high standard and clarity- even by the high standards of the series. However, details of ammunition, for example, are sadly lacking.
The test provides a decent brief history, and that's as much as is ever expected in this series- there can be little new by now.
The weakest part of the book is the photographic section. Given access to the shipbuilder's archives, it's disapointing that the author hasn't done better. True, most of the photo's were new to me, but didn't reveal anything in particular.
Without doubt, these are the best plans of Bismarck I've seen in book form, but the rest of the volume lets them down somewhat.
Overall, a worthwhile book, but one that should have been much better.
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Bismarck
A good book for my modelproject, could have had more photos.
I'm fully satisfied with the book, very useful.
I'm fully satisfied with the book, very useful.
Published 14 months ago by Mikael Karlstrom
Bismarck Anatomy of the Ship by Jack Brower
I love this book just like the rest of the Anatomy of the Ship series. If you are a model ship builder like I am the detail of the drawings are brilliant. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Soa Constrictor
as a reference its awesome
excellent, I don't know if its below par, but it captures enough detail for me to go ahead with a project
Published on 27 Feb 2008 by Mr. M. J. Griggs
Battleship Bispmarck (Anatomy of the ship)
Having read other books of the series, this one is less then I'd expected. The drawings are of good quality, but, studying photos, not entirely accurate. Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2006 by Ecm Diepmaat
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