PBM-5 Mariner being refueled near Saipan, 1945



Battleship Bismarck by Simon Atack. With her raked bo proudly slicing through the morning swell of Norwegian waters, the mighty 41,000 ton battleship Bismarck leads her consort, the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, with destroyers Z10, Z16 and Z23 among her escorts, into the approaches to Korsfjord near Bergen, at 0800hrs on 21st May 1941. Aboard, Bismarcks captain Ernst Lindemann was plotting a voyage that was to result in one of the greatest epics in the annals of naval warfare. As they steam towards Grimstadtfjord, an Arado Ar196A-2 floatplane gives a fly-by salute to the flotilla, this aircraft serving with I./Bordfliegerstaffel 195 which, together with 5./196 was responsible for providing aircraft for German naval vessels. Operated by Luftwaffe crews, and affectionately known as Eyes of the Fleet, the Arado 196 was specially designed for shipboard operation - with an airframe sturdy enought to withstand the rigours of catapult launching it was a highly effective armed Recce aircraft. Bismarck carried no fewer than four Arado 196 floatplanes, one always at readiness on the catapult, with three hangared aft of the funnel. As she sailed, a reconnaissance Spitfire had spotted Bismarcks movements and the British Home Fleet were alerted. The old battlecruiser Hood and new battleship Prince of Wales were despatched north-west from Scapa Flow to join the cruisers Norfolk and Suffolk in the Denmark Strait for a possible interception. And the rest is history: as Bismarck entered the Denmark Strait the two forces met. Hood, pride of the Royal Navy, received a direct hit in the ammunition magazin by a shell from Bismarck and sank so quickly that only three of her crew survived. Stunned by such severe loss, Churchill ordered the Bismarck to be sunk at all cost. Hunted down by the Home Fleet, with her rudder damaged and unable to steer, Bismarck was reduced to a mass of twisted steel by British naval gunfire, finally rolling over and sinking at 10.45 in the morning of the 27th of May. Thus ended one of the most compelling sea chases in naval history. The magnificent German battleship Bismarck at the outset of her final voyage, just five days before her fateful encounter with the British Home Fleet in the north Atlantic, May 1941.



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구체적으로는 전함 이하 구축함 이상 함급은 모두 존재하고, 수상기도 존재하며 잠수함도 있지만 항모가 없는 세상이 개연성있게 되려면?


1. 이세계의 사람들은 모두 바보라서 항모라는 존재를 상상도 못한다.


2. 사실 이세계의 사람들은 유전적으로 항모 형태의 실루엣을 보면 발작하는 질환이 있다. 그래서 항모를 건조하지 않는다.


3. 원래 항모를 만들었는데 이상하게 진수 할 때마다 국가를 가리지 아니하고 모두 진수와 동시에 침몰했다. 주술에 집착하는 미개인들이라 항모를 안 만들게 되었다.


4. 집 앞에 카페가 공사를 하는데 새벽부터 오후 8시까지 공사를 해서 시끄럽다.


5. 수상기 멋있죠?