Prefab model 1/400 two ships Bismark and Tirpitz, Bismark And Tirpitz Starter kit Heller 55078 BISMARCK was commissioned at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg on July 1, 1936. It was launched on February 14, 1939, and commissioned on August 24, 1940. The main operation in which Bismarck participated was "Operation Rheinübung" in May 1941, together with Prince Eugen, to wage a merchant war in the North Atlantic against Allied convoys. On May 21, 1941, the advance of "Bismarck" and "Prince Eugen" through the Great Belt - Kattegat - Skagerrak went according to plan, despite poor ground visibility and heavy fog. On 24 May, HMS Hood and HMS Prince of Wales engaged Bismarck and Prinz Eugen, in which Hood was sunk and Prince of Wales was badly damaged. Damaged by several hits, Bismarck was scheduled to enter the port of Saint-Nazaire in France for repairs, but during the battle on 27 May 1941, Bismarck was hit by torpedoes several times. HMS Dorsetshire hit the starboard side with two torpedoes and another torpedo hit the port side, ending the Bismarck. The ship sank about 550 nautical miles west of Brest. The keel of TIRPITZ was laid in Wilhelmshaven on 2 November 1936. She was launched on 1 April 1939 and commissioned on 25 February 1941. Some design improvements made Tirpitz heavier than her sister ship Bismarck and to this day she is the largest battleship, ever built in Europe. "Operation Rösselsprung" was conducted from 2 to 5 July 1942 against the Anglo-American convoy PQ 17 and consisted of the ships Tirpitz, Admiral Hipper, Admiral Scheer and smaller units. Unsuccessful sorties led to the fact that the "Tirpitz" did not encounter the enemy, but only by its presence it kept the allied columns in constant readiness. Transferred to Norway in January 1942, it suffered several attacks and was badly damaged on 15 September 1944. On November 12, 1944, the ship received three direct hits during air raids and sank near Tromsø.
