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War at Sea: A Naval History of World War II. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-511038-8. Müllenheim-Rechberg, Burkhard von (1980a). Battleship Bismarck, A Survivor's Story. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-096-9. Müllenheim-Rechberg, Burkhard von (1980b). De ondergang van de Bismarck (in Dutch). De Boer Maritiem.
In military tactics, a flanking maneuver, or flanking manoeuvre (also called a flank attack), is an attack on the sides of an opposing force.If a flanking maneuver succeeds, the opposing force would be surrounded from two or more directions, which significantly reduces the maneuverability of the outflanked force and its ability to defend itself.
Box cover of original edition published by Jedko Games, 1975, based on a photograph of the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck. War at Sea is a strategic board wargame depicting the naval war in the Atlantic during World War II, published by Jedko Games in 1975, and subsequently republished by Avalon Hill in 1976 and more recently by L2 Design Group in 2007.
USS Bache at Rhodes after she was blown aground in a gale on 6 February 1968.. USS Bache (DD/DDE-470), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy of that name.
A Roman naval bireme depicted in a relief from the Temple of Fortuna Primigenia in Praeneste (). Naval warfare in the ancient world can be traced back to the Mediterranean in the third millennium BC, from evidence of paintings in the Cyclades and models of ships which were made across the Aegean. [9]
USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is a decommissioned [12] United States Navy aircraft carrierIn 1958 she was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth United States naval vessel to bear the name.
Fathom: Unit of measurement generally used for depth from sea level to sea floor. [10] General Quarters: Battle stations. [10] Generally set when the ship is about to engage in battle or hostile activities. Jettison: To throw or dispose of something over the side of the ship. Ladder: Also known as a ladder well.
The Russian armored cruiser Rurik is an example of an armored cruiser.. The armored cruiser was a type of warship of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was designed like other types of cruisers to operate as a long-range, independent warship, capable of defeating any ship apart from a battleship and fast enough to outrun any battleship it encountered.