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🚢 Day 1 of 7 Famous Ships in History: Battleship Bismarck

The Bismarck was a #German #battleship, the largest and most powerful capital #ship in the Kriegsmarine. For all its #weaponry and #armour, the ship was involved in only one major operation which, after the sinking of the #British battlecruiser Hood, ended in the Bismarck's destruction in the North Atlantic by a large British force on 27 May 1941.

At dawn on 27 May, two British battleships, King George V and Rodney, were finally in range and they opened fire on Bismarck. In support were Norfolk and, a little later, the cruiser Dorsetshire. All five ships fired their guns. One by one, Bismarck's giant turrets were blasted out of action. In the 90-minute battle, 2,876 shells were fired at the battleship, now a sitting duck and listing badly. In all, 2,091 men from Bismarck died, with only 110 men surviving of the 1,000 that had jumped off the battleship when it sank

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🚢 Day 1 of 7 Famous Ships in History: Battleship Bismarck

The Bismarck was a #German #battleship, the largest and most powerful capital #ship in the Kriegsmarine. For all its #weaponry and #armour, the ship was involved in only one major operation which, after the sinking of the #British battlecruiser Hood, ended in the Bismarck's destruction in the North Atlantic by a large British force on 27 May 1941.

At dawn on 27 May, two British battleships, King George V and Rodney, were finally in range and they opened fire on Bismarck. In support were Norfolk and, a little later, the cruiser Dorsetshire. All five ships fired their guns. One by one, Bismarck's giant turrets were blasted out of action. In the 90-minute battle, 2,876 shells were fired at the battleship, now a sitting duck and listing badly. In all, 2,091 men from Bismarck died, with only 110 men surviving of the 1,000 that had jumped off the battleship when it sank

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