Battleship Bismarck (83 page)

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