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Fighting each other; however Hood was not a battleship, she was a battlecruiser.
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What two English ships were sent from the United Kingdom to find the Bismarck?
HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Hood where the two vessels sent to intercept the Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, in the Denmark Strait.During this action HMS Hood was sunk by combined fire from the two vessels.
What were the names of some famous ships in World War 2?
Bismarck , HMS Hood , Admiral Graf Spee , Yamato ,USS Arizona
What are the help of ship?
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Why is the Bismarck famous?
For sinking the British flag ship HMS Hood in a lucky hit. She was also famous due to the fact she has been incorrectly called the biggest and most powerful battleship of all time. Also due to the sheer determination to kill her in Britain has lead to her being remembered.
Which british ships engaged in battle with battleship Bismarck?
No "battleship" was sunk by Bismarck. The "battlecruiser" HMS Hood was sunk by Bismarck on May 24, 1941. Battlecruisers do not have the armor that battleships are built with, being designed for speed and firepower. Hood, however, was larger than any of the British battleships of World War II, and was one of the most heavily armed British capital ships.
How lone was HMS hood?
Hood with with the battleship HMS Prince of Wales (later sunk by planes in the Pacific).
Where is the HMS hood?
HMS Hood is in two pieces and the Bottom of the Denmark strait Between Iceland and Greenland
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 .
How did the Battleship Bismarck get its name?
For sinking the British flag ship HMS Hood in a lucky hit. She was also famous due to the fact she has been incorrectly called the biggest and most powerful battleship of all time. Also due to the sheer determination to kill her in Britain has lead to her being remembered.
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.
How heavy is the HMS hood?
Hood was a battlecruiser, not a battleship; about 45,000 tons.
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.
