Hitler signs the German-Japanese Alliance on March 5th 1934. In latte 1934 the Japanese give the design for the 40 cm/45 Type 94 naval gun to Germany in return for Krupp Cemented Armour. Hitler orders a new battleship built around the 40 cm/45 Type 94 naval gun. The first to ships of what will become the Bismarck class a laded in 1936. like the Japanese are able with the Yamato-class, the Bismarck class are capped secret. In December 1939 the British learn of the Bismarck class believing that they are 40000 tonnes and armed with 15 inch guns.
Bismarck class
Displacement: 70,027 tonnes
73,659 tonnes (full load)
Length: 282metres
Beam: 39.9metres
Draft: 11metres
Propulsion: 14 × MAN 9-cylinder diesel engines
• Four 4-bladed propellers.
Speed: 32 knots
Range: 16,200 nmi at 19 knots
Complement: 2,500–2,800
Armament:
8 × 40 cm/45 Type 94 naval guns twin turrets
14 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns
12 × 10.5 cm (4.1in) guns
30 × 3.7cm (1.5in)
12 × 2cm (0.79in) guns
6 × 53.3cm (21.in) torpedo tubes
Armour:
609.6 mm (24in) on face of main turrets
508 mm (20 in) side armour
200 mm (7.9 in) central(75%) armoured deck
226.5 mm (8.9 in) outer(25%) armoured deck
Grand Admiral Reader in February of 1941 convinces Hitler to delay Operation Rheinübung until July 1941. 22 March 1941 Scharnhorst and Gneisenau enter begin a refit in Brest where they are upgraded to 15 inch guns. June 19 1941 Scharnhorst and Gneisenau begin refit trials. May 1941 the British come to believe that the Bismarck class are 50000 tonnes and armed with 15 inch guns. July 1 1941 Scharnhorst and Gneisenau seal undetected for the Denmark Strait, Operation Rheinübung has begin. July 3 1941 Tirpitz seals undetected for the Atlantic Ocean . At 2:00 am on July 5 1941 bismarck seals for a join with Tirpitz, Prinz Eugen, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Bismarck and Prinz Eugen are sited by British spy’s when they enter the North Sea. July 8th Scharnhorst and Gneisenau resupplies from a tanker south of Iceland. Later that day Tirpitz, Prinz Eugen and Bismarck meet. July 9th Scharnhorst and Gneisenau Joins Bismarck, Tirpitz, and Prinz Eugen, the German fleet seals for the Denmark Strait. Later that night Norfolk and Suffolk began shadowing the Germans but fall to report the sizes and strength of the fleet. Hood and Prince of Wales seal in to the Denmark Strait. 5:52 AM on July 10th 1941 the British high command revises a radio massage Hood and Prince of Wales have engaged bismarck. Hood is hit by Bismarck, the hit penetrate her deck and explodes the main powder magazine at 5: 58 Am. At 6:15 Lütjens orders Scharnhorst and Gneisenau to get reed of there uninvited gust in Norfolk and Suffolk. The next and last massage the British get is from Norfolk at 6:25 am and is garbled. The massage reads, Hood and Prince of Wal sunk by Bismarck and T, Suffolk sinking, taking fire from Scharnhorst and Gneise, rule Britannia. The Admiralty is furies that the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau where not know to be at sea.
John Cronyn "Jack" Tovey makes what some have calls the lucky guess in history and other have call the most unlucky. Tovey takes HMS King George V, HMS Nelson, HMS Rodney, HMS Renown, HMS Repulse, HMS Dorsetshire to weary he guessed Bismarck might be. At 11:25 on the 14th of 1941 Tovey sees Tirpitz dead ahead, but to his dismay the Germans are crossing his T. At 11:26 Tirpitz opens fair on the HMS King George V. how bad of a surprise are the British in for and what will happen . If some one would like to make a more detailed story best on this and what happens that would be cool.
Bismarck class
Displacement: 70,027 tonnes
73,659 tonnes (full load)
Length: 282metres
Beam: 39.9metres
Draft: 11metres
Propulsion: 14 × MAN 9-cylinder diesel engines
• Four 4-bladed propellers.
Speed: 32 knots
Range: 16,200 nmi at 19 knots
Complement: 2,500–2,800
Armament:
8 × 40 cm/45 Type 94 naval guns twin turrets
14 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns
12 × 10.5 cm (4.1in) guns
30 × 3.7cm (1.5in)
12 × 2cm (0.79in) guns
6 × 53.3cm (21.in) torpedo tubes
Armour:
609.6 mm (24in) on face of main turrets
508 mm (20 in) side armour
200 mm (7.9 in) central(75%) armoured deck
226.5 mm (8.9 in) outer(25%) armoured deck
Grand Admiral Reader in February of 1941 convinces Hitler to delay Operation Rheinübung until July 1941. 22 March 1941 Scharnhorst and Gneisenau enter begin a refit in Brest where they are upgraded to 15 inch guns. June 19 1941 Scharnhorst and Gneisenau begin refit trials. May 1941 the British come to believe that the Bismarck class are 50000 tonnes and armed with 15 inch guns. July 1 1941 Scharnhorst and Gneisenau seal undetected for the Denmark Strait, Operation Rheinübung has begin. July 3 1941 Tirpitz seals undetected for the Atlantic Ocean . At 2:00 am on July 5 1941 bismarck seals for a join with Tirpitz, Prinz Eugen, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Bismarck and Prinz Eugen are sited by British spy’s when they enter the North Sea. July 8th Scharnhorst and Gneisenau resupplies from a tanker south of Iceland. Later that day Tirpitz, Prinz Eugen and Bismarck meet. July 9th Scharnhorst and Gneisenau Joins Bismarck, Tirpitz, and Prinz Eugen, the German fleet seals for the Denmark Strait. Later that night Norfolk and Suffolk began shadowing the Germans but fall to report the sizes and strength of the fleet. Hood and Prince of Wales seal in to the Denmark Strait. 5:52 AM on July 10th 1941 the British high command revises a radio massage Hood and Prince of Wales have engaged bismarck. Hood is hit by Bismarck, the hit penetrate her deck and explodes the main powder magazine at 5: 58 Am. At 6:15 Lütjens orders Scharnhorst and Gneisenau to get reed of there uninvited gust in Norfolk and Suffolk. The next and last massage the British get is from Norfolk at 6:25 am and is garbled. The massage reads, Hood and Prince of Wal sunk by Bismarck and T, Suffolk sinking, taking fire from Scharnhorst and Gneise, rule Britannia. The Admiralty is furies that the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau where not know to be at sea.
John Cronyn "Jack" Tovey makes what some have calls the lucky guess in history and other have call the most unlucky. Tovey takes HMS King George V, HMS Nelson, HMS Rodney, HMS Renown, HMS Repulse, HMS Dorsetshire to weary he guessed Bismarck might be. At 11:25 on the 14th of 1941 Tovey sees Tirpitz dead ahead, but to his dismay the Germans are crossing his T. At 11:26 Tirpitz opens fair on the HMS King George V. how bad of a surprise are the British in for and what will happen . If some one would like to make a more detailed story best on this and what happens that would be cool.