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Here is a downloadable scan of official Kriegsmarine (German Navy) drawings of the World War Two-era Bismarck-class battleship Bismarck. This set of drawings was prepared by the ship's builder, Blohm & Voss Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien, Hamburg, Germany, dated circa 1939.
This set of drawings includes:
- index page
- longitudinal section (längschnitt)
- upper view (obere ansicht)
- superstructure deck, superstructure & bridges (aufbaudeck, aufbauten & brücken)
- upper deck (oberdeck)
- battery deck (batteriedeck)
- between deck (zwischendeck)
- armored deck (panzer deck)
- upper platform deck (oberes plattformdeck)
- middle platform deck (mittleres plattformdeck)
- lower platform deck (unteres plattformdeck)
- stowage (stauung)
- double bottom (doppelboden)
- cross sections (querschnitte)
The original scan was obtained from the Bundesarchiv.
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Notice: these plans may not print at the scale stated on them due to the scanner settings chosen when the plans were originally scanned.