Blücher then capsized and sank with major loss of life. The wreck lies at the bottom of Oslofjord, and in 2016 was designated as a war memorial to protect it from looters.

Blücher on fire and sinking in Drøbak Sound. With all engines knocked out by the second torpedo hit, the cruiser anchored near the Askholmene islets just north and out of the arc of fire of the fort's guns to try to fight the ferocious fires raging throughout the vessel.

2017年7月14日 · The Battle of Drobak Sound was the 1st real conflict of the invasion of Norway in 1940. It ended in the sinking of the Bluecher, a German heavy cruiser.

The sinking of the German cruiser Blücher was a pivotal event during the Battle of Drobak Sound in 1940. The Blücher was the lead ship in the German naval fo...

A clip from the Norwegian movie "The King's Choice" where the Norwegian crew of the 'Oscarsborg' fortress sinks the German heavy cruiser 'Blücher' during the...

2022年4月8日 · The German Heavy Cruiser Blücher sunk on this day April 9th 1940, dramatized in the 2016 Norwegian film "The King's choice". ...more. One of 5 sister ships of the Admiral Hipper class. She...

2023年5月15日 · The Sinking of the Blücher is a comprehensive investigation into why the German cruiser, named for Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (Prussian victor of the Battle of Waterloo), was approaching Oslo on the night of 9th April 1940, why and how she was sunk and the ramifications and significance of the event.

This book provides a detailed account of the sinking of the heavy cruiser Blücher during the German invasion of Norway in April 1940, as she and other ships sought to make their way up the long Oslofjorden (previously Kristianiafjorden, 1624-1925) leading to Oslo, the oldest city in Scandinavia, capital and most populous city of Norway.

2022年6月8日 · As the ship was sinking, British destroyers steamed towards her in an attempt to rescue survivors from the water. However, a German zeppelin mistook the sinking Blücher for a British battlecruiser and tried to bomb the destroyers which withdrew.