Bismarck Geocoin

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Saturday, October 23, 2010
Origin:
Groningen, Netherlands
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Travel and see the world, visit important places with a lot of History. Pictures would be nice.

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The Bismarck was a German battleship and one of the most famous warships of the Second World War. The lead ship of her class, named after the 19th century German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, Bismarck displaced more than 50,000 tonnes fully loaded and was the largest warship then commissioned. Bismarck took part in only one operation during her brief career. She and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen left Gotenhafen (Gdynia) on the morning of 19 May 1941 for Operation Rheinübung, during which she was to have attempted to intercept and destroy convoys in transit between North America and Great Britain. When Bismarck and Prinz Eugen attempted to break out into the Atlantic, the two ships were discovered by the Royal Navy and brought to battle in the Denmark Strait. During the short engagement, the British battlecruiser HMS Hood, flagship of the Home Fleet and pride of the Royal Navy, was sunk after several minutes of firing. In response, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the order "Sink the Bismarck!", spurring her relentless pursuit by the Royal Navy. Two days later, with Bismarck almost in reach of safer waters, Fleet Air Arm Swordfish biplanes launched from the carrier HMS Ark Royal torpedoed the ship and jammed her rudder, allowing heavy British units to catch up with her. In the ensuing battle on the morning of 27 May 1941, Bismarck was heavily attacked for almost two hours before sinking.

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    Dropped Off 8/8/2012 pemberley placed it in Dopis Sherlocka Holmese Ústecký kraj, Czechia - 54.88 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 8/7/2012 pemberley retrieved it from 14 svatych pomocniku - PK #9 Ústecký kraj, Czechia   Visit Log

    Thanks, I will move it soon :-)
    Dropped Off 7/8/2012 Kostkateam placed it in 14 svatych pomocniku - PK #9 Ústecký kraj, Czechia - 55.26 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 7/5/2012 Kostkateam took it to EXPO 58 v2 Hlavní město Praha, Czechia - 57.06 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 7/1/2012 Kostkateam took it to Zanikle obce - Pavlov Ústecký kraj, Czechia - 2.19 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 7/1/2012 Kostkateam retrieved it from Na Hasištejne Ústecký kraj, Czechia   Visit Log

    Nevim sice,kdy se dostaneme na historicke misto,ale snad to bude brzy:-)
    Dropped Off 6/27/2012 St@nda placed it in Na Hasištejne Ústecký kraj, Czechia - 44.01 miles  Visit Log
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    Retrieve It from a Cache 6/23/2012 St@nda retrieved it from POHADKOVA #2 - Ztracena bota obra Jemnosila Středočeský kraj, Czechia   Visit Log

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    Dropped Off 6/1/2012 vlajki placed it in POHADKOVA #2 - Ztracena bota obra Jemnosila Středočeský kraj, Czechia - 17.35 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 5/31/2012 vlajki took it to Zidova skala Plzeňský kraj, Czechia - 7.86 miles  Visit Log
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