In truth, the Bismarck and her sister ship Tirpitz secretly exceeded the figure ... and the location of the main armored deck was maintained towards the lower edge of the belt even as other ...

What You Need to Know: In May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck proved formidable, sinking HMS Hood and damaging Prince of Wales while evading pursuit across the North Atlantic. -Yet ...

The ship was sunk in 1941 by the German ... Bismarck sent up a wall of "plunging fire" which penetrated the weak deck armour of HMS Hood The Bismarck was probably the most powerful warship in ...