What You Need to Know: In May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck proved formidable, sinking HMS Hood and damaging Prince of ...
The mighty Hood was the pride of the British Navy for ... warship afloat But when it was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck off the coast of Greenland on 24 May 1941 its end was shockingly ...
The concussion from the huge guns being fired knocked Bismarck's forward radar out causing her to go blind looking forward.
Hood was a battlecruiser - one of a new breed ... But she was too urgently needed to be spared for a full refit. Bismarck, in contrast, was a much more modern ship. The 1919 Versailles Treaty ...
At least 1,415 men died when Hood sank in the Denmark Strait on 24 May 1941. This was the Royal Navy's greatest loss on a single ship of the Second World War. When the Bismarck was sunk 9 days ...