Postcard Set 21 (Ivan Berryman, Naval)
PS21. Postcard Set 21 (Ivan Berryman, Naval) Set of 8 postcards, including: Bismarck, Atlantic Comrades (Scharnhorst), The Channel Dash (Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Prinz Eugen), Admiral Graf Spee Enters Montevideo, Prinz Eugen, HMS Dorsetshire, Bismarck Replies to HMS Hood, Bismarck at Hamburg)
Items in this pack : Item #1 - Click to view individual item DHM1180PC. Bismarck at Hamburg by Ivan Berryman. Bismarck, now complete and newly painted in full Baltic camouflage, returns to Hamburg for the last time as the harsh winter of 1940/41 relents and the pride of the German Kriegsmarine prepares for real action. In the distance, the pre-Dreadnought Schleswig-Holstein awaits her next commission, the old ship alternating between vital ice-breaker and air defence duties at this time. Postcard edition. Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
Item #2 - Click to view individual item DHM1004PC. Atlantic Comrades by Ivan Berryman. The Scharnhorst is pictured in 1939 when she and her sister ship Gneisenau menacingly prowled the North Atlantic. She is shown at dawn as two type VII U-Boats glide towards her for a friendly rendezvous and to take on much needed supplies, as well as a few of the luxuries that the tiny u-boats were simply too small to carry. Postcard edition. Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
Item #3 - Click to view individual item DHM1188PC. The Channel Dash by Ivan Berryman. February 1942 and Viz. Admiral Ciliaxs mighty Scharnhorst leads her sister Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen up the English Channel during Operation Cerberus, their daring breakout from the port of Brest on the French Atlantic coast to the relative safety of Wilhelmshaven and Brunsbuttel. All three ships survived what became known as the Channel Dash, not without damage, but the operation proved a huge propaganda success for Germany and a crushing embarrassment for the British. A number of torpedo boats are in attendance, including Kondor and Falke and the Z class destroyer Friedrich Ihn in the distance. Postcard edition. Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
Item #4 - Click to view individual item DHM1258PC. Admiral Graf Spee enters Montevideo by Ivan Berryman. Showing visible signs of her tangle with British cruisers at the Battle of the River Plate, the German pocket battleship Graf Spee slips into the neutral waters of the Montevideo roadstead accompanied by the Uruguayan gunboat Rio Negro for light repairs. (Damage can be seen on the hull and behind the Conning tower ) . This was to be the last haven for the Graf Spee which was later scuttled at the harbour mouth, her commander Kapitan zur See Langsdorff believing a large British fleet to be waiting for attempted escape into the South Atlantic. Postcard edition. Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
Item #5 - Click to view individual item DHM1242PC. Prinz Eugen by Ivan Berryman. The German Heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen is depicted in a quiet moment at Gotenhaven in April 1941 whilst engaged in exercises with her consort, the mighty Bismarck that would eventually lead to Operation Rheinubung,. Bismarck herself is alongside in the distance, where final preparations for their foray into the North sea and beyond are being made. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
Item #6 - Click to view individual item DHM1270PC. Bismarck Replies to HMS Hood by Ivan Berryman. The mighty Bismarck returns fire to the fast-approaching HMS Hood at the start of a battle that would see both adversaries tragically sunk. The Bismarck would later be attacked by Swordfish aircraft from HMS Ark Royal, damaging her stearing and allowing her to be caught by the British battleships Rodney and King George V. The once proud German battleship would be ruthlessly pounded into a twisted and burning wreck and finally finished by HMS Dorsetshire with torpedoes at around 10:30 hours on the morning of May 27th 1941. HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Maori combed the area of the sinking for survivors, between them picking up a total of 110 out of an original complement of 2,300. Postcard edition. Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
Item #7 - Click to view individual item DHM0933PC. Bismarck by Ivan Berryman. Fairey Swordfish I, L9726 4M of 818 Sqn, HMS Ark Royal pulls a tight, climbing turn through a hail of anti-aircraft fire as its torpedo strikes home, jamming the steering gear of the mighty Bismarck and setting in motion the beginning of her dramatic end. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
Item #8 - Click to view individual item P1288. HMS Dorsetshire by Ivan Berryman. The heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire is brought up to sink the blazing wreck of the Bismarck with torpedoes at around 10:30 hours on the morning of May 27th 1941. The once proud German ship had been ruthlessly pounded into a twisted and burning wreck by the British battleships Rodney and King George V. HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Maori combed the area of the sinking for survivors, between them picking up a total of 110 out of an original complement of 2,300. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
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