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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 69724

Battle of the Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941


Explosion of the British battlecruiser Hood. Smoke from HMS Prince of Wales's gunfire is faintly visible just to the left.
Photographed from the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen.

Copied from the report of officers of Prinz Eugen, with identification by her Gunnery Officer, Paul S. Schmalenbach, 1970.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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12 December 2000