Sighting the Bismarck by Robert Taylor (AP) SQN215 just 2 km outside the

just 2 km outside the heavily defended harbour of Alexandria

Austro-Hungarian ace Godwin von Brumowski added steadily to his ever-increasing score on the Italian Front

but still in control

HMS Hood makes a turn to port

Image size 24 inches x 36 inches (61cm x 91cm)

Sighting the Bismarck by Robert Taylor (AP) SQN215 just 2 km outside theDHM2169AP. Sighting the Bismarck by Robert Taylor. In the early hours of May 24, 1941, as the mighty German battleships Bismarck and Prinz Eugen slipped through the Denmark Strait, they were dramatically intercepted by the Royal Navy battleships Hood and Prince of Wales. Within six minutes of the first salvo being fired, the Hood, pride of the Royal Navy, was blown out of the water in one of the most gigantic explosions ever witnessed at sea.