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| The Bismarck |
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| Prinz Eugen |
On 24 May 1941in the Battle of the Denmark Strait the German battleship Bismark sunk the British battlecruiser HMS Hood and the battleship HMS Prince of Wales was forced to withdraw after being struck by the Bismarck four times and three times by the German Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen
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| HMS Hood |
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| HMS Prince of Wales |
The British Admiralty ordered every available warship to hunt down and destroy the Bismarck. The chase of the Bismarck had begun. On 26 May the Bismarck was being shadowed by the British Cruiser HMS Sheffield.
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| HMS Sheffield |
At 2047 through heavy cloud Swordfish aircraft from the carrier HMS Ark Royal attacked.
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| HMS Ark Royal |
With her rudder disabled by a torpedo the Bismarck was now only capable of steaming in a large circle. German Admiral Günther Lütjens radioed "Ship unmanoeuvrable. We will fight to the last shell. Long live the Führer." At daybreak on the 27th the British battleship King George V led the attack.
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| HMS King George V |
Followed by the British battleship HMS Rodney
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| HMS Rodney |
Aided by the heavy cruisers HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Norfolk.
Which led to this:
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