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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 69732

German battleship Bismarck


Photographed from the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen on 24 May 1941, following the Battle of the Denmark Strait and before the two German ships separated.
Bismarck is somewhat down by the bow, the result of hits received in her engagement with HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Hood earlier in the day.
This is the next to last photograph of Bismarck taken by the Germans.

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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13 December 2000