Bismarck was also slowly sinking due to an increasing list that allowed water to enter the ship via damage to the main deck, leading to significant free surface effects, [154] although the ship's very large metacentric height kept her afloat. [155]

The sinking of the Bismarck, especially the loss of her crew, dealt a massive blow to German morale. To Hitler the sinking was shattering, and validated his fear of open-sea warfare against the British navy.

2022年12月18日 · Bismarck was a shambles, its superstructure carved into a grotesque, smoking ruin, fires throughout, scenes of carnage on board that defy description. Aboard one of the British battleships a chaplain took the highly unusual step of begging the senior officers to ceasefire.

2016年5月26日 · Under the cover of darkness in the early morning hours of May 19, 1941, the most formidable battleship to have ever been built slipped into the Baltic Sea on its maiden voyage. An ocean-bound...

2021年7月12日 · After the British prevailed and the great German battleship sank, it took until 1989 to discover the Bismarck wreck. Constructed with nearly unparalleled strength, the wreck was so well-preserved that the swastikas the Nazis …

2009年11月24日 · On May 27, 1941, the British navy sinks the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic near France. The German death toll was more than 2,000.

2024年5月25日 · In military terms, the Bismarck‘s sinking deprived Germany of a formidable asset and marked the effective end of German surface naval power. More than that, it was a symbolic defeat for Hitler‘s ambitions and a validation of British sea mastery.

Shortly after setting sail, the Bismarck was engaged in the Battle of the Denmark Strait (May 24, 1941), where it achieved a significant victory by sinking HMS Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy, with a direct hit that detonated the ship's magazine.

Unable to manoeuvre, the Bismarck stood little chance and was finally sunk by two torpedoes fired by HMS Dorsetshire, having withstood two hours of bombardment. Admiral Lutjens went...

2024年5月25日 · The sinking of the Bismarck was a major victory for the Royal Navy and a huge boost to British morale after the loss of the Hood. It demonstrated the vulnerability of even the most powerful battleships to air attack and marked a turning point in naval warfare.