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Sink the Bismarck! is a 1960 black-and-white CinemaScope British war film based on the 1959 book The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck by C. S. Forester. It stars Kenneth More and Dana Wynter and was directed by Lewis Gilbert.
The last battle of the German battleship Bismarck took place in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 300 nautical miles (560 km; 350 mi) west of Brest, France, on 26–27 May 1941 between the German battleship Bismarck and naval and air elements of the British Royal Navy.
Bismarck was also slowly sinking due to an increasing list that allowed water to enter the ship via damage to the main deck, although the ship's very large metacentric height kept her afloat.
Sink the Bismarck!: Directed by Lewis Gilbert. With Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Carl Möhner, Laurence Naismith. The World War II story of the Royal Navy's effort to defeat Nazi Germany's most powerful warship.
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May 26, 2016 · Remembering the Sinking of the Bismarck. Look back at one of the most epic nautical chases and battles in naval history, the sinking of the mighty Nazi battleship Bismarck. By: Christopher...
The main force of British ships (including battleships HMS Rodney and HMS King George V) finds Bismarck the next day, raining gunfire on her. Lutjens in his final moments insists to Lindemann that German forces will arrive to save them, but he dies when a shell destroys Bismarck's bridge.
The sinking of the Bismarck. At dusk on 26 May, in mountainous seas and a full gale, canvas Swordfish biplanes carrying torpedoes clawed their way into the air and headed around 50 miles to attack Bismarck. Flying so low the wind blew sea spray into the cockpits, the Swordfish made their heroic attempt.
In February 1939, Nazi Germany's most powerful battleship, Bismarck, is launched, beginning a new era of German sea power.
May 13, 2008 · After the sinking of the HMS Hood, the English seek to put all their units in quest to sink the Bismarck. She had 13 inch welded armor, so the task is set. With her 15 inch guns she would reek havoc in the sea lanes, if she gets into the convoys.
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