Talk:German cruiser Blücher

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Contents 1 Gun calibers and other measurements 2 More on ship's early operational history 3 Pictures and such? 4 Armament 5 Which time reference to be used here?

[edit] Gun calibers and other measurements

I came to think of the following: it is (historically) important that we use the original measurement units when specifying gun calibers and other measurements of the ship and its technical systems (e.g. using inches and feet where that is appropriate, but be very mindful of continental Europe's preference for metric units when specifying some calibers and most other measurements (giving the equivalent corresponding measurements in parentheses is OK in most places, of course). I'll look into this in more detail if no one else beats me to it. :-) --Wernher 17:03, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I'm all for giving the info in metric where it's avilable - after all, it was a german ship, and germans used/use the metric system. WegianWarrior 14:05, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] More on ship's early operational history

My primary source, Binder & Schlünz, contains detailed info on the ship's life from its launch till its final minutes. I'll try to include some of this in the op. hist. section, but will be happy for help by anyone having good sources and 'feeling the urge'. --Wernher 17:09, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Wish I had a good source... I'm sure I have a pamplet from Oscarsborg around somewhere relating the events from the 9th April in detail, but can't seem to find it thought. It ticks me off, since it had lots of details about not just the early history of the ship (and the fortress), but also on what has happened to the ship after it went down. WegianWarrior 14:15, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures and such?

Does anyone have, or be able to get access to, some decent pictures to include? I sort of imagined three pics.. a picture of the ship in all her splendour, a map of the area just around Oscarsborg showing where she was first hit, where she was torpedoes and where she sank, and (if possible) pictures from the sunken ship.WegianWarrior 14:15, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Armament

Blücher did not carry any 40 mm AA (Source: Hildebrand, Röhr, Steinmetz: Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe Vol. 2; Whitley: Kreuzer im Zweiten Weltkrieg). I guess german ships received them much later in the war. Also, Whitley lists only 8 single 20 mm and no mines for Blücher (the latter only for Admiral Hipper and Prinz Eugen). I do not want to mess up the box, furthermore I am not a registered english user (only german), so could somebody please correct? --172.177.34.147 23:02, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Changes made, using Whitley's Cruisers of WWII (1995 edition). Collin's Warships of WWII records the class as having capacity for 160 mines. Also extended the ship box and deleted some duplicated info. Folks at 137 19:52, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Which time reference to be used here?

The article refere to the first shot at 05.21 and the sinking at 07.22. This is German (summer)time or GMT. Norwegian time is 04.21 and 06.22. What time reference should be used? KjellG 08:44, 18 October 2007 (UTC)