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1941-05-23 at 1941-27-05 Pursuit and destruction

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Pursuit and destruction of the German battleship Bismarck.

Contact first made on 24th May by Fl.M.S. Hood and Prince of Wales.

H.M.S. Hood sunk. Bismark damaged.

On 27th May bismarck engaged by H.M battleships King George V and Rodney after air contact and engagement. Finally Bismarck was sunk by H.M. cruiser Dorset¬
shire.

 

 

 

 

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