Battleship Bismarck (82 page)

Lüttich, Gerhard, Maschinengefreiter,
292

Lützow
(battlecruiser),
333
,
334
,
335

McDougall, D. J., Professor,
367–68

McLachlan, D.,
449n

MacLean, Alistair,
209n

Mahlberg, Josef, Musikmaat,
264–65
,
269
,
283

Manthey, Herbert, Matrosengefreiter,
169
,
293–94

Maori
, HMS (destroyer),
215
,
216
,
219n
,
220
,
286
,
288
,
292
,
298

Marder, Professor A. W.,
119n

Marschall, Wilhelm, Admiral, Fleet Commander,
6

Mathias, Arthur, master-at-arms in HMS
Dorsetshire
,
292

Mathias, Philip,
292

Martin, Benjamin C. S., Captain, commanding HMS
Dorsetshire
,
220
,
244
,
260
,
288–92
,
296
,
447n

Maund, Loben E., Captain, commanding HMS
Ark Royal
,
202
,
242

Maunz, Theodor,
358–59

Maus, Otto, Matrosengefreiter,
295

Measure V (scuttling),
88
,
255–56
,
269–70
,
300

Meier, Arthur, Lindemann’s steward,
236
,
238

Meyer, Hans, Konteradmiral,
198n

Meyer-Döhner, Kurt, Kapitän zur See, German naval attaché in Madrid,
224

Mihatsch, Karl, Kapitänleutnant,
185
,
205

Minesweeping Flotilla, 5th,
58
,
81

Moog, Ernst, Artillerie Mechanikersmaat,
257

Moritz, Heinz, Maschinenobergefreiter,
271–72

Müllenheim-Rechberg, Gebhard von,
62
,
63

Munich Conference,
7
,
8
,
9
,
14
,
32
,
386

Mussolini, Benito,
8
,
68

Narvik
class (destroyers),
318–19

Naval Group Command, North, Wilhelmshaven,
72
,
87
,
94
,
104
,
116
,
117
,
118
,
119
,
124
,
127
,
130
,
136
,
152
,
155
,
156
,
158n
,
160
,
228
,
306
; last messages to the
Bismarck
,
223
; orders for Exercise Rhine,
82
,
83
; postpones Exercise Rhine,
94
; recommends Iceland-Faeroes Passage,
75
,
100

Naval Group Command, West, Paris,
87
,
127
,
155n
,
159
,
161
,
165
,
173
,
175
,
176
,
177
,
179
,
182n
,
192
,
195
,
197
,
199
,
200
,
229
,
230
,
241
,
253
,
258
,
259
,
260
,
293
; last messages,
221–24
,
278
; orders for Exercise Rhine,
82–83

Naval Group Commands, operational control,
82

Nelson
, HMS (battleship),
12
,
289

Netzbandt, Harald, Kapitän zur See, chief of the fleet staff,
63
,
88

Neuendorff, Wolf, Korvettenkapitän, navigator in the
Bismarck
,
142–43

Neuschwander, Heinrich, Marinesignalgast,
295

Niemöller, Martin, U-boat officer and pastor,
330

Norfolk
, HMS (cruiser),
121
,
123
,
133
,
134
,
140–42
,
144
,
152
,
154
,
156
,
158
,
159
,
160
,
170
,
172
,
174
,
175
,
178
,
179
,
186
,
197
,
201
,
203
,
228
,
244
,
298
,
304
,
305
,
306
; in action
with the
Bismarck
, 27 May 1941,
246–50
,
447
; fired at by the
Bismarck
,
131–32

Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine (OKM),
87
,
116
,
156
,
192n
,
221
,
449

Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW),
361

Oberländer, Theodor, Professor,
379n

Oceana
(barracks ship),
44

Oels, Hans, Fregattenkapitän, first officer of the
Bismarck
,
94–95
,
98
,
144
,
214
; at commissioning ceremony,
30–31
; in last battle,
254
,
265
,
266
,
269–71
; last night on the
Bismarck
,
226
; on possible differences with Lütjens and Lindemann,
149
; responsibility for emergency drills,
57

Olga
(corvette),
15n

Orwell, George (pseud.),
63

Paschen, Günther, Kapitän zur See a.D.,
332–35

Passat
(supply ship),
429

Patterson, W. R., Captain, commanding HMS
King George V
,
242
,
258
,
275
,
448n

Phillips, A.J.L., Captain, commanding HMS
Norfolk
,
244

Piomn
(Polish destroyer),
215
,
216
,
217
,
220
,
392

President
, HMS (station ship),
328

Prince of Wales
, HMS (battleship),
71
,
122
,
123
,
157
,
166
,
174
,
176
,
178
,
185
,
201
,
203
,
289
,
306
; battle off Iceland,
137n
,
139–40
,
144
,
147
; after battle off Iceland,
149
,
154
,
156
,
158–60
; damaged by the
Bismarck
,
145
,
146
; gunnery duels with the
Bismarck
,
164
,
169
; launched at Birkenhead,
19–20
; sunk by Japanese,
348

Princess Royal
, HMS (battlecruiser),
333

Prinz Eugen
(cruiser),
35
,
70
,
71
,
72
,
98
,
106
,
107
,
109
,
112
,
113
,
116
,
117
,
118
,
119
,
123
,
127n
,
128
,
134
,
159
,
160
,
161
,
163
,
164
,
165
,
171
,
172
,
176
,
177
,
178n
,
182
,
199
,
228
,
255
,
260
,
302
,
305
,
306
,
319
; after battle off Iceland,
152
,
153
,
155
; in battle off Iceland,
139
,
142
,
144
,
145
,
149
; cruiser warfare,
152
,
160
; damaged by mine,
85
; deciphers
Suffolk’s
contact signal,
130
; orders for Exercise Rhine,
81–83
,
85
,
99
,
425
,
431–34
; picks up ship noises,
135
; in refueling exercise,
92–93
; takes lead position in Denmark Strait,
132–33
,
135

Prittie, Terence,
404n

Puttkamer, Karl Jesko von, Fregattenkapitän,
96
,
98
,
240

Queen Mary
, HMS (battlecruiser),
144

Raeder, Erich, Grossadmiral, commander in chief of the Kriegsmarine,
49
,
77
,
78
,
96
,
127n
,
251
,
300
,
301
,
302
,
303
,
334
,
357
,
358
,
430
; birthday message to Lütjens,
185
; confidence in Lütjens,
239
,
302
; on German Navy,
323
; on Hitler’s waging of war,
323–24
; on operational risks,
261
,
302
; on principles for surface warfare in the Atlantic,
85
,
86
; on resignation,
400
; reports to Hitler on Exercise Rhine,
97–98

Rahmlow, Hans, Kapitänleutnant, former commanding officer of
U
-570,
345–46
,
348

Ramillies
, HMS (battleship),
171–72
,
185
,
201

Rangitiki
, SS (passenger ship),
349
,
353

Rauschning, Hermann,
261–62

Ravenstein, Hans von, Generalleutnant,
378–79
,
389
,
390–91

Rawalpindi
, HMS (auxiliary cruiser),
6
,
172

Reichard, Kurt-Werner, Korvettenkapitän, chief of the fleet staff’s B-Dienst team,
113
,
114
,
116
,
117

Reiner, Wolfgang, Leutnant zur See, adjutant to Lindemann,
59

Renown
, HMS (battlecruiser),
118
,
137
,
171
,
173
,
194
,
198n
,
201
,
202
,
222
,
230
,
231
,
242–43
; mistaken for the
Prince of Wales
,
152

Repulse
, HMS (battlecruiser),
122–23
,
170
,
185
; sunk by Japanese,
348

Revenge
, HMS (battleship),
171

Reykjavik, Iceland,
140
,
144

Ribbentrop, Joachim von, Reich foreign minister,
365

Richter, Karl-Ludwig, Oberleutnant (Ingenieurwesen), second damage-control officer in the
Bismarck
,
73
,
151

Ritter, Hans-Joachim, Leutnant zur See,
225

Rodney
, HMS (battleship),
171
,
185
,
194
,
201
,
203
,
215
,
216
,
224
,
241–42
,
244
,
245
,
297–98
,
299
; in action with the
Bismarck
,
246–48
,
251
,
253
,
257–61
; damage from gun blast,
300
; observer’s report,
445–47

Röhm, Ernst, commander of SA,
356

Rollmann, Max, Korvettenkapitän, detailing officer for the
Bismarck
,
50–51

Römer, Karl, Dr., ship surgeon on the
Lützow
(WWI battlecruiser),
334

Rommel, Erwin, Generalfeldmarschall,
379n

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano,
16
,
123
,
289
,
393
; death of
385–86
; Tehran Conference, 1943,
392

Rosenberg, Alfred,
412

Roskill, S. W., Captain (RN),
137n

Rothenberger, Dr.,
353

Rudek, Paul, Bootsmaat,
251n

Ruhfus, Heinrich, Fregattenkapitän,
18

Rumbold, Sir Horace, British ambassador to Berlin,
357–58
,
387–88