Photo #: NH 69725
Battle of the Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941
British battleship Prince of Wales (left smoke column)
turns to open the range, after she was hit by German gunfire.
Smoke at right marks the spot where HMS Hood had exploded
and sunk a few minutes earlier.
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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