British naval ships battle German ship Bismarck in 1941

The British battleships Rodney and King George, along with over 100 other vessels, pursued the German battleship Bismarck for nearly 2000 miles. They caught up with it 400 miles west of Brest, France. The Dorsetshire delivered the final blow, sinking the Bismarck. Only 100 crew members survived, while the rest perished with the ship.

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