Monograph - 2022
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Monograph Information
Title
Safety and Reliability of Systems and Processes
Summer Safety and Reliability Seminar 2022
Editors
Ko³owrocki Krzysztof, Poland
Bogalecka Magdalena, Poland
D¹browska Ewa, Poland
Magryta-Mut Beata, Poland
Publisher
Gdynia Maritime University, 2022
ISBN 978-83-7421-421-6 (printed)
e-ISBN 978-83-7421-422-3 (eBook)
DOI: 10.26408/srsp-2022
Language
English
Licence
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Sequence of events and probability of sinking of German battleship Bismarck (short communication)
OPYRCHA£ Leszek1 
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B¥K Aleksandra2
1 Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland, leszek.opyrchal{at}wat.edu.pl
2 Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland, aleksandra.bak{at}wat.edu.pl
ABSTRACT: ‘Rheinübung’ was one of the most important war operations of the Second World War. It was carried out in May 1941. The German battleships Bismarck and Prinz Eugen were to sail to the Atlantic Ocean and attack convoys with supplies from the United States to Great Britain in May 1941. The breaking of supplies would force Britain to surrender. The mission was unsuccessful. The largest battleship of the world, Bismarck, was sunk. This short communication discusses the sequence of events that led to the sinking of the ship. The calculations show that the probability of sinking is 0.00137. This is one hundred times less than the probability of a fatal accident in deep-sea fishing, which is 0.104.
KEYWORDS: battleship Bismarck, event tree, second world war
To cite this chapter:
Opyrcha³ L., B¹k A. 2022. Sequence of events and probability of sinking of German battleship Bismarck (short communication). In K. Ko³owrocki et al. (Eds.), Safety and Reliability of Systems and Processes, Summer Safety and Reliability Seminar 2022. Gdynia Maritime University, Gdynia, 227-230.
