What the records say
- When
- 26 May 1941 – 27 May 1941
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 48.17° N, 16.20° W
- Description
- sinking of the battleship Bismarck
- Naval
- yes
- War
- World War II
Last battle of Bismarck
1941 sinking of a German battleship
The last battle of the German battleship Bismarck took place in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 300 nautical miles west of Brest, France, on 26–27 May 1941 between the German battleship Bismarck and naval and air elements of the British Royal Navy. Although it was an action between capital ships, it has no generally accepted name.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Германский линкор «Бисмарк» обнаружен и потоплен британским флотом в 300 милях к западу от Бреста (Франция)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page