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Operation Berlin was a successful raid into the North Atlantic conducted by the two German Scharnhorst-class battleships in early 1941. It was everything the much better-known raid by the Bismarck was supposed to be. The two battleships sank or captured 22 Allied merchant vessels, but had to abandon two attacks on convoys that were escorted by British battleships. Despite a massive effort the British failed to bring the German force to battle, and both battleships docked in France. This success proved illusionary, however, as the British badly damaged the battleships in French ports and Bismarck had worse luck and was sunk.
I developed this article to keep myself amused while on two weeks leave during a COVID-19 lockdown in August. It was assessed as a GA in late August, and has since been expanded and improved. I am hopeful that the A-class criteria are now met and hope to develop the article further to FA class. Thank you in advance for your comments. Nick-D ( talk) 07:31, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
A nice and tidy article, only a couple of nitpicks:
That's it for me. Zawed ( talk) 10:27, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
Very interesting. As an aside, I am impressed by the German capacity for replenishment at sea, which neither the Royal Navy nor the US Navy could have matched in 1941. Just a few comments:
Their main armament was nine 11-inch (280 mm) guns, which was inferior to the 15-inch (380 mm) guns that armed most British battleships.Suggest "were inferior"
They sank five of the vessels totalling 25,784 gross register tons (73,010 m3) displacement.Link Also, GRT is not displacement; it is is the ship's internal volume. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:24, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
The battleships Rodney and HMS King George VI would reverse the order here so the two have the same formatting
The captured tanker PolykarpWhen did this happen? This is the first mention of it.
a combined displacement of 115,622 gross register tonssee the point above.
Will look at this one soon. Hog Farm Talk 15:10, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
Good work here, anticipate supporting. Hog Farm Talk 04:01, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
Found nothing objectionable in this respect, so supporting in sources department-- Tomobe03 ( talk) 09:49, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
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Operation Berlin (Atlantic) ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
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Operation Berlin was a successful raid into the North Atlantic conducted by the two German Scharnhorst-class battleships in early 1941. It was everything the much better-known raid by the Bismarck was supposed to be. The two battleships sank or captured 22 Allied merchant vessels, but had to abandon two attacks on convoys that were escorted by British battleships. Despite a massive effort the British failed to bring the German force to battle, and both battleships docked in France. This success proved illusionary, however, as the British badly damaged the battleships in French ports and Bismarck had worse luck and was sunk.
I developed this article to keep myself amused while on two weeks leave during a COVID-19 lockdown in August. It was assessed as a GA in late August, and has since been expanded and improved. I am hopeful that the A-class criteria are now met and hope to develop the article further to FA class. Thank you in advance for your comments. Nick-D ( talk) 07:31, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
A nice and tidy article, only a couple of nitpicks:
That's it for me. Zawed ( talk) 10:27, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
Very interesting. As an aside, I am impressed by the German capacity for replenishment at sea, which neither the Royal Navy nor the US Navy could have matched in 1941. Just a few comments:
Their main armament was nine 11-inch (280 mm) guns, which was inferior to the 15-inch (380 mm) guns that armed most British battleships.Suggest "were inferior"
They sank five of the vessels totalling 25,784 gross register tons (73,010 m3) displacement.Link Also, GRT is not displacement; it is is the ship's internal volume. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:24, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
The battleships Rodney and HMS King George VI would reverse the order here so the two have the same formatting
The captured tanker PolykarpWhen did this happen? This is the first mention of it.
a combined displacement of 115,622 gross register tonssee the point above.
Will look at this one soon. Hog Farm Talk 15:10, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
Good work here, anticipate supporting. Hog Farm Talk 04:01, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
Found nothing objectionable in this respect, so supporting in sources department-- Tomobe03 ( talk) 09:49, 28 November 2021 (UTC)