Posted on May 24, 2020
German battleship, the Bismarck, sinks Britain’s HMS Hood
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On May 24, 1941, the German battleship Bismarck sunk the British battle cruiser HMS Hood. From the article:
"German battleship, the Bismarck, sinks Britain’s HMS Hood
On May 24, 1941, Germany’s largest battleship, the Bismarck, sinks the pride of the British fleet, HMS Hood.
The Bismarck was the most modern of Germany’s battleships, a prize coveted by other nation’s navies, even while still in the blueprint stage (Hitler handed over a copy of its blueprints to Joseph Stalin as a concession during the days of the Hitler-Stalin neutrality pact). The HMS Hood, originally launched in 1918, was Britain’s largest battle cruiser (41,200 tons)-but also capable of achieving the relatively fast speed of 31 knots. The two met in the North Atlantic, northeast of Iceland, where two British cruisers had tracked down the Bismarck. Commanded by Admiral Gunther Lutjens, commander in chief of the German Fleet, the Bismarck sunk the Hood, resulting in the death of 1,500 of its crew; only three Brits survived.
During the engagement, the Bismarck‘s fuel tank was damaged. Lutjens tried to make for the French coast, but was sighted again only three days later. Torpedoed to the point of incapacity, the Bismarck was finally sunk by a ring of British war ships. Admiral Lutjens was one of the 2,300 German casualties."
"German battleship, the Bismarck, sinks Britain’s HMS Hood
On May 24, 1941, Germany’s largest battleship, the Bismarck, sinks the pride of the British fleet, HMS Hood.
The Bismarck was the most modern of Germany’s battleships, a prize coveted by other nation’s navies, even while still in the blueprint stage (Hitler handed over a copy of its blueprints to Joseph Stalin as a concession during the days of the Hitler-Stalin neutrality pact). The HMS Hood, originally launched in 1918, was Britain’s largest battle cruiser (41,200 tons)-but also capable of achieving the relatively fast speed of 31 knots. The two met in the North Atlantic, northeast of Iceland, where two British cruisers had tracked down the Bismarck. Commanded by Admiral Gunther Lutjens, commander in chief of the German Fleet, the Bismarck sunk the Hood, resulting in the death of 1,500 of its crew; only three Brits survived.
During the engagement, the Bismarck‘s fuel tank was damaged. Lutjens tried to make for the French coast, but was sighted again only three days later. Torpedoed to the point of incapacity, the Bismarck was finally sunk by a ring of British war ships. Admiral Lutjens was one of the 2,300 German casualties."
German battleship, the Bismarck, sinks Britain’s HMS Hood
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Half the Royal Navy's home guard force was busy chasing the Bismarck and her escort, Prince Eugen. If it wasn't for rudder damage, the Bismarck would have extracted a heavier toll. As it was, the Brits had a hell of time taking her out of action.
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PO3 Donald Murphy
Actually it was the cruiser Prince Eugen that took out Hood. Bismarck was arguing over whether to fight or run. Meanwhile, Eugen is fighting for her life against Hood and Prince Of Wales. Eugen gets three destructive hits on Hood before Bismarck gets into the fight. Closest ship/threat to Bismarck is POW. Eugen fires her fourth salvo which hits “a ship”, Bismarck’s first salvo hits “a ship” and POW gets one gun working and fires.
1. No one hits Eugen
2. POWs armored conning tower is penetrated.
3. BIsmarcks bow is penetrated.
4. Hoods guns fire as she’s sinking.
In order for POW to have hit Bismarck, she’d had to have fired over Hood. In order for Eugen to penetrate POWs bridge, she’d have had to fire over Bismarck and Hood - plus have a battleship shell come out of her gun! Not gonna happen. Only one that could of done it (plus they found 15” inch fragments) is Bismarck. So using the dealey plaza magic bullet, Bismarck’s shell went through Hood and then hit POW. Lol. Bismarck started fighting too late. USA and UK ships can share settings but German ships can’t.
So as Hood’s first hit and second hit came from Eugen, it’s 180% likely that her third hit will as well. Germany cannot bear Bismarck sinking empty handed so “pride of the German Navy sinks pride of the Royal Navy is the headline. POWs skipper is due to be court martialed for cowardice from Churchill, so the life altering hole in Bismarck’s bow (it really wasn’t) was given to POW.
1. No one hits Eugen
2. POWs armored conning tower is penetrated.
3. BIsmarcks bow is penetrated.
4. Hoods guns fire as she’s sinking.
In order for POW to have hit Bismarck, she’d had to have fired over Hood. In order for Eugen to penetrate POWs bridge, she’d have had to fire over Bismarck and Hood - plus have a battleship shell come out of her gun! Not gonna happen. Only one that could of done it (plus they found 15” inch fragments) is Bismarck. So using the dealey plaza magic bullet, Bismarck’s shell went through Hood and then hit POW. Lol. Bismarck started fighting too late. USA and UK ships can share settings but German ships can’t.
So as Hood’s first hit and second hit came from Eugen, it’s 180% likely that her third hit will as well. Germany cannot bear Bismarck sinking empty handed so “pride of the German Navy sinks pride of the Royal Navy is the headline. POWs skipper is due to be court martialed for cowardice from Churchill, so the life altering hole in Bismarck’s bow (it really wasn’t) was given to POW.
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