Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg - The battleship Bismarck sank on May the 27th 1941, 79 years ago today. The battleship "Bismarck" of the German Kriegsmarine was launched on February 24, 1939 at
![Photograph taken during the sinking of the battleship 'Bismarck', a German battleship used during the Second World War. Dated 20th Century Stock Photo - Alamy Photograph taken during the sinking of the battleship 'Bismarck', a German battleship used during the Second World War. Dated 20th Century Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/KHW5JB/photograph-taken-during-the-sinking-of-the-battleship-bismarck-a-german-KHW5JB.jpg)
Photograph taken during the sinking of the battleship 'Bismarck', a German battleship used during the Second World War. Dated 20th Century Stock Photo - Alamy
![On This Day 1941, the German battleship Bismarck is sunk by the British battleships HMS King George V and HMS Rodney, supported by the heavy cruisers HMS Norfolk and HMS Dorsetshire [1000 On This Day 1941, the German battleship Bismarck is sunk by the British battleships HMS King George V and HMS Rodney, supported by the heavy cruisers HMS Norfolk and HMS Dorsetshire [1000](https://preview.redd.it/c9sqvqxc4m171.png?auto=webp&s=ff7140256f0e18f1b092c9c15c84a9b1adf5ed96)