研究生学术英语俾斯麦号英文翻译概述

Abstract (2)

Characteristics (3)

Service History (3)

Discovery by Robert Ballard (6)

Subsequent expeditions (7)

Conclusion (8)

Abstract

My paper will introduce you some situation about the ship of Bismark.Bismar ck was the first of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Germany's marine. Na med after Chancellor Bismarck, the primary force behind the unification of Ger many in 1871, the ship was laid down at the Blohm shipyard in Hamburg in Ju ly 1936 and launched in February 1939. Work was completed in August 1940, when she was commissioned into the German fleet. Bismarck and her sister s hip Tirpitz were the largest battleships ever built by Germany, and two of the largest built by any European power.

In the course of the warship's eight-month career under its sole commanding officer Lindemann,Bismarck conducted only one offensive operation, in May 1 941, code named Rheinübung. The ship, along with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eu gen, was to break into the Atlantic Ocean and raid Allied shipping from Nort h America to Great Britain. The two ships were detected several times off Sca ndinavia, and British naval units were deployed to block their route. At the Ba ttle of the Denmark Strait, Bismarck engaged and destroyed the battlecruiser H MS Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy, and forced the battleship HMS Prince of Wales to retreat; Bismarck was hit three times and suffered an oil leak from a ruptured tank.

Characteristics

Bismarck displaced 41,700t as built and 50,300t fully loaded, with an overall len gth of 251m, a beamof 36m and a maximum draft of 9.9m.The battleship was Germany's largest warship,and displaced more than any other European battle ship, with the exception of HMS, commissioned after the end of the war.Bism arck was powered by three Blohm geared steam turbines and twelve oil-fired Wagner superheated boilers, which developed a total of 110,450 kW and yield ed a maximum speed of 30.01 knots on speed trials. The ship had a cruising range of 8,870 nautical miles at 19 knots.Bismarck was equipped with three Fu MO 23 search radar sets, mounted on the forward and stern rangefinders and foretop.The standard crew numbered 103 officers and 1,962 enlisted men. The crew was divided into twelve divisions of between 180 and 220 men. Whe

n Bismarck left port, fleet staff, prize crews, and war correspondents increased t he crew complement to over 2,200 men.

Service History

On 15 September 1940, three weeks after her commissioning, Bismarck left Ha mburg to begin sea trials in Kiel Bay.Sperrbrecher 13 escorted the ship to Arco na on 28 September, and then on to Gotenhafen for trials in the Gulf of Danzi g//但泽（波兰港市）港口.The ship's power-plant was given a thorough workout; Bis marck made measured-mile and high speed runs. While her stability and man oeuvrability//机动性were being tested, a flaw in the ship's design was discove red. While attempting to steer//control the ship solely through altering propell