Bismarck

Bismarck was the nameship of the two Bismarck-class battleships in 1930s, whose design won a high compliment from the UK prime minister. Months after she was commissioned into the Germany fleet, the ship, along with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, was to break into the Atlantic Ocean and raid Allied shipping in 1941. During the Battle of the Denmark Strait, Bismarck engaged and destroyed battlecruiser HMS Hood, and forced battleship HMS Prince of Wales to retreat. The destruction of Hood spurred a relentless pursuit by the Royal Navy involving dozens of warships. Bismarck was attacked by Swordf...