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Sachsenwald
(weather ship),
182n
,
294–95
Sagner, Gerhard, Pumpenmeister,
73
,
94
,
125
,
168
,
226
,
270
,
272
St. Nazaire, France,
156
,
157
,
160
,
165
,
169
,
174
,
181
,
182n
,
185
,
186
,
187
,
192
,
194
,
198n
,
205
,
212
,
219
,
229
,
306
,
440
,
442
,
443
,
450
;
Bismarck
to head for,
152
,
154–55
Sanders, George,
370
Sassoon, Philip,
309
Schad, Franz, Oberleutnant (Luftwaffe) der Reserve,
339
,
340
,
353
,
354
,
355
,
367
,
391
,
394
Schamhorst
(battlecruiser),
2
,
6
,
36
,
78–79
,
80
,
81
,
85
,
90–91
,
157
,
172
,
228
,
302
,
306
,
319
,
426
,
431
,
443
Schauenburg, Rolf, Kapitänleutnant, commanding
U
-536,
317
Schenk von Stauffenberg, Claus Graf, attempts assassination of Hitler,
375
Schiff
13
(scout ship),
428
Schiff
23
(scout ship),
428
Schiff
24
(scout ship),
428
Schleicher, Kurt von, General,
346
Schlesien
(predreadnought),
70
Schleswig-Holstein
(predreadnought),
26
Schlüter, Heinrich, Marinebaurat, OKM,
192
Schmalenbach, Paul, Kapitänleutnant, second gunnery officer in the
Prinz Eugen
,
161
,
164
Schmidt, Wilhelm, Stabsobermaschinist, leader of the
Bismarck’s
damage-control team no. 1:
Ark Royal’s
aircraft attack,
210
; comments on Lütjens’s speech,
183
; damage done by the
Prince of Wales
,
151
; in last battle,
263–64
; rescued,
282–83
Schmitt, Arthur, Generalleutnant,
376–78
,
380
Schmitt, Carl,
359
Schnabel, Franz,
367–68
Schnabel, Heinz, Oberleutnant der Luftwaffe,
342–45
Schneider, Adalbert, Korvettenkapitän, first gunnery officer in the
Bismarck:
awarded Knight’s Cross,
197
,
223
; in battle off Iceland,
136–39
,
140–42
,
144
,
145
; duels with the
Prince of Wales
,
164
,
169
; fires at the
Sheffield
,
209
; in last battle,
246–47
,
250
,
258
,
299–300
; in night destroyer attacks,
217–18
; toasted in wardroom,
152
; visited by brother Otto,
115–16
Schneider, Dr. Otto, Oberfeldarzt: comments on morale,
115
; visits the
Bismarck
,
115–16
Schniewind, Otto, Admiral, chief of the Seekriegsleitung,
224
,
430
Schock, Werner, Kapitänleutnant (Ingenieurwesen),
57
,
279
Schofield, B. B., Vice Admiral (RN),
221n
Schubert, Friedrich Alfred, Oberstückmeister,
265
Schultz, Hans-Hennig von, Kapitänleutnant, radio officer in the
Prince Eugen
,
106n
,
127n
,
130n
,
155n
,
174n
Schulze-Hinrichs, Alfred, Fregattenkapitän, commanding 6th Destroyer Flotilla,
101
,
402
,
443
Schumacher, Kurt,
402
Schütte, Wilhelm, Leutnant zur See (S), commanding
Sachsenwald
,
294–95
Schwabenland
(catapult ship),
428
Seeburg, Walter, Dr. Major (Lw) der Reserve,
353
,
354
,
355
,
376
,
381
Seekriegsleitung (Naval War Staff),
301
,
303
,
304
,
307
,
442
; after battle off Iceland,
154
,
159
,
160
,
164
,
172
; on the
Bismarck’s
readiness,
72
; on damage to the
Bismarck
,
152
; operational risks,
103
,
246
,
248
,
251
; strategic objectives,
77
,
78
,
80
,
82
,
84
; worries about Hitler,
97–98
Seifert, Erich, Maschinenobergefreiter,
73
,
271–72
Seybolt, George C, Lieutenant, j.g. (USNR),
300
Shap Wells, prisoner of war camp,
336–48
,
352
,
371
Sheffield
, HMS (cruiser),
171
,
173
,
198n
,
199
,
201–5
,
207
,
221
,
230
,
241
; fired on by the
Bismarck
,
209
,
216
Sigismund, Prince Wladislas (later King Wladislas IV),
62–63
Sikh
, HMS (destroyer),
215
,
298
Silberling, Hans, Maschinenmaat,
268
Smith, Leonard B., Ensign (USN),
193
Somerville, Sir James, Vice Admiral, commander, Force H,
171
,
201
,
203
,
242
,
298
; assumes
Bismarck
heading for Brest,
202
; at Oran,
1
; orders the
Dorsetshire
to torpedo the
Bismarck
,
260
; torpedo attacks against the
Bismarck
,
202–3
Sorel, prisoner of war camp,
393
,
395
Sperrbiecher
6
,
60
Spenbrecher
13
,
53
,
83
Spenbrecher
31
,
83
Spenbrecher
36
,
70
Spichrn
(tanker),
199
,
428
Spiess, Theodor, Brigadier General,
48
Springhorn, Hans, Maschinenobergefreiter,
268
,
286
Stalin, Josef: Tehran Conference, 1943,
392
; view on postwar Eastern Europe,
393
Stallmann, Reinhard,
371
Starheim, Odd,
108
Statz, Josef, Maschinengast,
73
,
74
,
111
,
144
; on board the
Dorsetshire
,
292
; on damage to the
Bismarck
,
298
; escapes from the
Bismarck
,
269–74
; on last night aboard the
Bismarck
,
226
; on Measure V (scuttling),
88
; rescued,
284–85
Stiegler, Hans-Georg, Oberfähnrich zur See,
125–26
,
286
,
287
,
291–92
Strasbourg
(battlecruiser),
1
Strasser, Dr. Otto,
414
Suckling, Michael, flying officer (RAF),
111–12
,
116
,
123
Suffolk
, HMS (cruiser):
186
,
197
,
201
,
203
,
228
,
244
,
304
,
305
,
306
; in battle off Iceland,
140–42
,
144
; encountered by the
Bismarck
,
130–31
; loses contact with the
Bismarck
,
174–78
; modem radar on,
134
,
154
,
174
,
176
; patrolling Denmark Strait,
121–23
; shadowing,
132
,
133
,
134
,
135
; tracks the
Bismarck
,
152
,
154–55
,
158–59
,
164
,
170
,
173
,
179
Sulzbach, Beate,
405
Sulzbach, Herbert,
404–7
Swinley, Casper S. B., Commander (RN),
18
Sydney
, HMAS (cruiser),
301
Tartar
, HMS (destroyer),
172
Ternberg, Egon, Major,
105
,
106
Thiele, Arvid, Marinestabsarzt,
268
,
275
Thompson, Dorothy,
373
Thorn
(tanker),
429
Thyssen-Bornemisza, Heinrich von,
328
Tirpitz, Alfred von, Admiral,
279
Tirpitz
(battleship),
34n
,
71
,
76
,
78–79
,
85
,
96
,
289
,
302
,
303
,
429
Titanic
, SS (passenger ship),
421
Togo
(scout ship),
428
Toller, Ernst,
11
Toqueville, Alexis de,
340
Tovey, Sir John, Admiral, commander in chief, Home Fleet,
174
,
187
,
188
,
213
,
224
,
298
,
300
,
305n
,
307
; after battle off Iceland,
153
,
156
; after unsuccessful attack on the
Bismarck
by aircraft of the
Ark Royal
,
202
,
241
; on destroyer shortage,
215
; expects German Atlantic sortie,
121–24
; final report of,
299
; firing of star shells,
220
; interception tactics of,
166
; in last battle,
246–48
,
260
; makes new plans,
170–71
; recomputes the
Bismarck’s
position,
180–81
; pins hopes on the
Ark Royal
,
201–3
,
206
; plans of final battle,
241–45
; on rediscovery of the
Bismarck
,
194
Trench, B. F., Colonel (RM),
314
,
329
Trondheim, Norway,
117
Troubridge, R.N.T., Captain (RN), British naval attaché in Berlin,
8
,
9
,
12–13
,
16
,
17
,
18
,
49
,
64
,
103
,
320
Troup, Rear Admiral (RN),
18
,
19
Tschirschky, Fritz Günther von,
386
U-30
,
395n
U-43
,
165
U-46
,
165
U-48,
221
,
294
U-66
,
165
U-73
,
294
,
444
U-74
,
182n
,
231
,
232
,
289n
,
293–94
,
444
U-93
,
165
U-94
,
165
U-97
,
444
U-98
,
444
U-108
,
444
U-202
,
318

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