These torpedoes were certainly capable of breaking Hood’s back and could have been set off either by a direct hit from an enemy shell or by an intense fire. Norfolk came up as well, a little too boldly, for Bismarck opened fire on her; like Suffolk, she raced for the fog bank. Bismarck fired three salvos in rapid succession about 30 seconds apart. » et la Royal Navy s'y employa, battant le rappel de tous ses grands bâtiments dans l'Atlantique nord. Captain Leach of Prince of Wales described the fire as “a vast blowlamp.” The fire consumed much combustible material on the deck and upper superstructure, but the two- and three-inch deck armor and forecastle armor prevented this fire from penetrating below. On May 24th, 1941 as dawn broke over the horizon, the HMS Hood engaged the Bismark and Prinz Eugen. L'amiral Holland ralentit à 25 nœuds, mit cap au sud, et lança ses destroyers d'escorte[14] à la recherche de l'escadre allemande au nord, au cas où elle eût momentanément rebroussé chemin vers l'Allemagne, comme l'amiral Marschall l'avait fait, en novembre 1939, et l'amiral Lütjens en janvier 1941. Prinz Eugen had already picked up the sound of ships with her underwater detection gear at some 20 miles to the southeast. Therefore, any hit would have been more likely to strike the belt. The Bismarck class had eight fifteen-inch guns, each capable of hurling an armor piercing, capped round up to 21.75 miles. The first, the fourth in total, again straddled Hood, but the fifth hit with devastating effect at about 6 am. Although it did not explode, it killed several key personnel, and for a short period disrupted command of the ship. As yet, Bismarck had not opened fire. He was fully aware of Hood’s vulnerability to plunging fire at long range and wanted to pass through the critical zone as fast as possible. The second board of enquiry did look at the possibility of Hood’s own above-deck torpedoes causing her to sink. A 15-inch shell from Bismarck hit the bridge of Prince of Wales. At the second board of enquiry, Tilburn told the admirals, “The Bismarck hit us. But wasn't a supership. This caused Captain John Leach of Prince of Wales a few anxious moments, for he was convinced that the rear ship was Bismarck, posing the greater threat. ', Cheating boyfriend accidentally exposes himself with subtle clue hidden in selfie: 'It’s blowing my mind', Man Who Bought Netflix at $7.78 Says Buy This Now, Eta hits the Florida Keys and is expected to become hurricane, Robert De Niro breaks silence over Donald Trump defeat: 'I think there’s a screw loose there', 5 Places World War III Could Start in 2018, This Is What Happens if America Nuked North Korea. The rest of the fleet was gathering to cover the area between Iceland and the Orkney Islands. The original film has been upscaled, frame interpolated to 60 fps and colorized using artificial intelligence. La bataille du détroit de Danemark est une bataille navale livrée entre la Kriegsmarine allemande et la Royal Navy britannique dans le détroit de Danemark lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le 24 mai 1941. Tilburn got onto the forecastle but was washed over the side by a great wave. Lütjens believed that these were likely more cruisers, and he was under orders to avoid contact with British warships. It is worth noting that similar torpedo tubes on the battlecruisers Repulse and Renown were later removed. Ted Briggs had joined Hood as a signal boy on March 7, 1938, at just 15 years of age. Hood’s belt armor was 12-inches thick and superior to any ship in the fleet; it was also inclined at 12 degrees. Marking the fall of shots, the British ships fired another salvo still firing at different targets. In seconds, huge columns of water erupted around Prinz Eugen, followed seconds later around Bismarck. The blast from Bismarck’s 15-inch guns disabled her own forward radar, and overall German commander Admiral Gunther Lütjens ordered Prinz Eugen to take the lead. As the two forces moved toward each other, Holland had a marked two-to-one superiority in firepower. The “Idiotic” WWI Aerial Formation The Allies Used In The Second World War, And How It Dealt Them Huge Fighter Losses, Here’s The Latest Video Update Of That Bf 109 Restoration We’re All Waiting For.
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