Last battle of the battleship Bismarck

The last battle of the German battleship Bismarck took place in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 300 nautical miles west of Brest, France, on 26–27 May 1941 between the German battleship Bismarck and naval and air elements of the British Royal Navy. Although it was an action between capital ships, it has no generally accepted name. It represented the culmination of Operation Rheinübung where the attempt of the Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen to disrupt the Atlantic convoys to the United Kingdom failed and resulted in the former's scuttling after battle damage rendered the Bismarck unable to fight back. The four British warships continued firing throughout the scuttling process, and most experts agree that the accumulated battle damage would have caused the Bismarck to sink eventually.

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1941  Wikimedia, Wikidata
naval battle, 

Bismarck, HMS Cossack, HMS Galatea, HMS Maori, HMS Zulu, ORP Piorun, 

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Location: 48.1667, -16.2, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1941 Last battle of the battleship Bismarck

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Bismarck aircrew rewarded

Battleship Bismarck burning and sinking 1941

Survivors from the German battleship Bismarck are pulled aboard HMS Dorsetshire (40) on 27 May 1941

Battleship Bismarck under fire and burning 1941

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1941	Last battle of the battleship Bismarck	naval battle	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		Bismarck	Bismarck-class battleship, shipwreck, battleship	Wikidata
commons	image		Bismarck aircrew rewarded		Commons
commons	image		Battleship Bismarck burning and sinking 1941		Commons
commons	image		Survivors from the German battleship Bismarck are pulled aboard HMS Dorsetshire (40) on 27 May 1941		Commons
commons	image		Battleship Bismarck under fire and burning 1941		Commons