BISMARCK Bismarck was the first full-size battleship built for Germany after World War I. Designed using tried-and-true methods, the Bismarck class were the largest European battleships during their service. Bismarck featured eight 15-inch guns in four turrets with a heavy secondary gun armament—an echo from the World War I era battleships. Despite heavy turtleback armor, tremendous steam turbines propelled Bismarck over 30 knots! In May 1941, she sunk HMS Hood and damaged HMS Prince of Wales, t

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Real video of the battleship Bismarck firing its guns at the battlecruiser HMS Hood. You can see how the british shots raise columns of water near the Bismarck, turn up the volume and you can heard them. In the last seconds of the video you can see the column of smoke left by the explosion of HMS Hood next to the retiring battleship HMS Prince of Wales. The video was filmed from the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, 24 may 1941. - Bundesarchive #video #videooftheday