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How many men survived the sinking of the Hood by Bismarck in World War 2?
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Three, out of a ship's complement of nearly two thousand.
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What ships did the Bismarck sink?
Hood (battlecruiser)
What was Germanys most powerful battleship during World War 2?
There were several pure German battleships in Hitlers fleet. One that stands out almost anywhere is the Bismarck. Named after famous German leader Otto von Bismarck, she was the pride of Hitlers fleet. She was the biggest, strongest, and most deadliest of any other ship before her. All new equipment and a tough and sturdy crew. On the day that the boat was to launch, Hitler was on board. He wanted to see the creation for himself. He congratulated the crew of being the crew to be operating the best boat that anyone will ever have the pleasure of hearing of. The captain of the ship, Ernst Lindeman, didn't have faith in the ship. He thought that the mighty vessel would be destroyed. The ship went on a hit and run mission accomponied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen. The went straight to the Denmark Straits. Their target was the famous British battleship, the Hood. From 15 miles away, the Bismarck hit the Hood with a salvo, destroying much of the ship and recorded as the luckiest shot in history. The Hood lasted for 12 seconds after the barrage before the Prince of Whales, the ship accompanying the Hood, opened fire on the German duo. Now closer, the Prince of Whales was in firing range and opened fire on the Bismarck. She hit the Bismarck once, and it hit an oil line. Bismarck and the Prinz Eugen attacked with fury. In the end, the Prince of Whales retreated, which sustained heavy damage. The Bismarck and Prinz Eugen left for friendlier waters. The hunt was now on. roughly 2-3 days later, the might of the British fleet had surrounded a crippled Bismarck which was hit by torpedo bombers. They hit the rudder. The Bismarck could only spin around in circles. They put the ship down within minutes. The crew jumped overboard in ho[es to be rescued. Today, the Bismarck, once feared by all, is the happy home of many fish.
What was the date when the Bismarck sank?
The German battleship Bismarck was one of the most famous warships of the Second World War. The lead ship of her class, named after the 19th century German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, Bismarck displaced more than 50,000 tonnes fully loaded and was the largest warship then commissioned.[2]Bismarck only took part in one operation during her brief career. She and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen left Gotenhafen (Gdynia) on the morning of 19 May 1941 for Operation Rheinübung, during which she was to have attempted to intercept and destroy convoys in transit between North America and Great Britain. When Bismarck and Prinz Eugen attempted to break out into the Atlantic, the two ships were discovered by the Royal Navy and brought to battle in the Denmark Strait. During the short engagement, the British battlecruiser HMS Hood, flagship of the Home Fleet and pride of the Royal Navy, was sunk after several minutes of firing. In response, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the order to "Sink the Bismarck,"[3] spurring a relentless pursuit by the Royal Navy.Two days later, with Bismarck almost in reach of safer waters, Fleet Air Arm Swordfish biplanes launched from the carrier HMS Ark Royal torpedoed the ship and jammed her rudder, allowing heavy British units to catch up with her. In the ensuing battle on the morning of 27 May 1941, Bismarck was heavily attacked for almost two hours before sinking.
Was boxing popular during world war 2?
boxing was popular in world war 2. mostly on battle ships such as HMS hood for entertainment
What specifically did the Washington naval conference seek to limit and why did this cause problems for the us and the other democracies later?
The Washington Naval Conference of 1921-22 resulted in a number of treaties between the US, Britain, France, Germany and Japan, whose primary effect was to limit the size and displacement of warships. Arms control treaties all share two common points; democracies use them as a way to cut spending on the military in order to pay for other priorities, while totalitarian governments plan to cheat. A few of the major effects after the beginning of World War II were these; The battleship HMS Hood, limited by treaty to a maximum displacement of 35,000 tons, was built with little or no armor plate protecting some areas of the ship. HMS Hood was destroyed when a shell exploded inside the ship's magazines during its battle with the German battle cruiser Bismarck. The Bismarck, treaty-limited to the same 35,000 tons displacement, was actually about 25% heavier, at 45,000 tons displacement. The heavier armor allowed the ship to survive several hours of intense bombardment when the steering gear of the Bismarck was damaged by an air-dropped torpedo, which rendered the Bismarck uncontrollable. Its sister ship Tirpitz was similarly oversized. The Japanese battleship Yamato was half-again as large, at 72,000 tons displacement. Had the Yamato been pitted against American battleships like the ones destroyed at Pearl Harbor, the size difference would have been the deciding factor.
What famous event is the battleship The Bismarck known for?
Sinking their BattleCRUISER Hood.
What was the ship that had the most casualties during the World War 2 attack?
The HMS Hood who lost 1,418 of her crew with only three men who survived ; she had been sunk by the German ship Bismarck .
Who had the Bismarck ship World War 2?
The battle cruiser Bismarck was a German fast battleship and was intended to be a commerce raider, sinking merchant vessels bringing American war material to England. It made a single sortie into the North Atlantic, sinking the British battleship HMS Hood, but receiving minor damage from the HMS Prince of Wales. The commander of the Bismarck knew that most of the Royal Navy was hunting for them, so he chose to make a high-speed run to the French port of Brest. They didn't make it. The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal launched a wave of Swordfish aircraft against the Bismarck. In what must have been the luckiest shot of World War 2, an air-dropped torpedo struck the stern of the Bismarck and apparently jammed its rudder, and the ship began to steer in circles. This delay allowed the British fleet to catch up with and sink the Bismarck.
What ships did the Bismarck sink?
Hood (battlecruiser)
How many shipbuilders survived the sinking of the tianic?
On May 23, 1941, the German ship Bismarck, on her first action in World War II, sunk the British ship HMS Hood, killing 1,415 British sailors. Only three survived. The last survivor, Edward Albert ("Ted") Briggs, died on October 4, 2008.
What famous ship did the Bismarck sink?
Hood (battlecruiser)
The Bismarck and HMS Hood are remembered for?
Fighting each other; however Hood was not a battleship, she was a battlecruiser.
What were the names of some famous ships in World War 2?
Bismarck , HMS Hood , Admiral Graf Spee , Yamato ,USS Arizona
What actors and actresses appeared in The Battle of Hood and Bismarck - 2002?
The cast of The Battle of Hood and Bismarck - 2002 includes: Oliver Senton as Lt. Wyldbore-Smyth George Still as Ted Briggs
What Battleship that hit hood and prince of wales?
Bismarck sank the Hood and damaged the Prince of Wales in the Denmark Straits.
What did Robin Hood do survive?
He survived by robbing the rich.
What events led to the sinking of the Bismarck on May 27 1941?
Following Bismarck's sinking of HMS Hood off Iceland on May 24, 1941, British ships pursued the lone Bismarck south through the Atlantic, and others moved in from Gibraltar to trap the battleship off the coast of France. The attack started on May 26 with Swordfish torpedo bombers from the HMS Ark Royal, scoring a hit that left Bismarck trapped steaming in circles. The following morning, the battleships Rodney and King George V arrived, firing incessantly until all of Bismarck's turrets were knocked out. The ship was also blasted by gunfire and torpedo attacks by the cruisers HMS Norfolk and HMS Dorsetshire. Unable to fight, Bismarck was scuttled by her crew. All but 115 of them perished in the battle or drowned, as only minimal rescue attempts were made in the risky waters 400 miles west of Brest, France.
