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Berlin, Stadtschloß, 09.05.1912, 10:30: Max Weber and Hugo Preuß were, of course, on time, as the Kaiser wanted to meet them. Only a week ago they had got a first meeting with the Kaiser, in which he had made clear, he wanted to make a new constitution. He gave them the copies of the...

01.05.1912, Eydtkuhnen, East Prussia, Postal Office, 09:09: Eydtkuhnen could have been a village in the deepest province. Indeed it was very near to the border to Lithuania, Russian Empire. One could expect, the most sensational news from this village would be farmer Huber chasing a "Lorbas"*...

29.04.1912, Wilhelmshaven, 09:00: The Kaiser had punctually started his speech to commission the ship. He stood at the quay, right in front of the battleship. The crew stood on the ship in their best new Imperial parade uniforms. "Ladies and Gentlemen, we celebrate today the official...

28.04.1912, Wilhelmshaven, 22:04: The Bismarck finally lay in Wilhelmshaven. The lock personnel managed to get her through the locks without problems. But that had lasted[1] . The preparations for the official commissioning next day were nearly ready. Most seamen and officers were sleeping. But...

25.04.1912, Hotel Adlon, Berlin, 20:12: The Hotel Adlon was the best Hotel in Berlin. It had been the best address, indeed, and was frequently used by guests of the state. Thus it was uncommon, that a group of officers, who were partly no flag officers at all, were using this hotel. General...

22.04.1912, ca. 100 nm west off Stavanger, bridge of SMS von der Tann, 15:18: The Großer Kreuzer SMS von der Tann had been the new flag ship of the reconnaissance force. As such Konteradmiral Franz Hipper was leading the search for this strange ship called Bismarck, allegedly a German...

16.04.1912: Headlines from several newspapers: New York Times, NY: RMS Titanic sunk after collision with iceberg - Most of the passengers and crew rescued by German battleship Daily Telegraph, London: RMS Titanic sunk - hundreds dead - survivors were rescued by German dreadnaught...

16.04.1912, North Atlantic Ocean, KM Grid BC7315, 23:18: The Bismarck had arrived at the rendezvous point with U-234. Soon after firing signal rockets a half-way submerged submarine, with her deck below the waterline, was spotted. Admiral Lütjens invited Kapiänleutnant Fehler to his room...

15.04.1912, North Atlantic Ocean, bridge of SS Carpathia, 03:54 Captain Rostrom couldn't believe his eyes. That’s a huge dreadnought flying the Imperial ensign. Around it he saw some boats rowing nearby. Presumably those are still looking for survivors. "Mr. Cottam, please signal the captain...

15.04.1912, North Atlantic Ocean, 02:25: Elsewhere on the Bismarck John Astor attempted to comfort his pregnant wife, “please try to stay calm Madeleine, we are safe now.” Still sobbing and somewhat in shock she explained: “I can’t believe such a magnificent ship could ever sink! Could you...

German HSF ship classification Großlinienschiff = Great ship of the line = battleship, Dreadnought Linienschiff = Ship of the line = battleship, predreadnought Großer Kreuzer = Great Cruiser = A cruiser with a displacement of over 5.500 t Kleiner Kreuzer = Small Cruiser = A cruiser with a...

15.04.1912, 01:06, very near to RMS Titanic (by PPaul16) Seamen Otto Schreiber and Jürgen Graf gently bobbed up and down in one of the Bismarck’s lifeboats in the cold but calm North Atlantic waters. They were waiting for another boat to fill before they could move into position to offload...

14.04.1912, North Atlantic Ocean, 23:24: On the bridge of Bismarck Fregattenkapitän Oels had just got word, there were two radar contacts some 15 nm from their position, but right as he tried to open his mouth to report on these contacts, something new popped up on his radar. There on his...

27.05.1941, Bridge of Bismarck, 550 nm off Brest, North Atlantic Ocean, 10:15: Fregattenkapitän Oels, stood on the bridge. Admiral Lütjens and Captain Lindemann had been killed, so he was in command. He heard a voice: "Herr Kapitän, we've shot the last shell." "I am ordering to scuttle the...

At first, I would start a thread of a TL with a story post. In this time I can't. I have to dedicate this threat to PPaul, resquiescas in pace. He had started at AH.com a TL, but unfortunately died way before he could do anything. So I decided to restart this TL again, but with Bosemacher's idea...