When Britain discovered that Germany had deployed the formidable Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen to wreak havoc in the Atlantic, they scrambled to intercept them at any cost. On May 24, 1941, ...

On May 20, while moving toward Norwegian waters near Sweden, the Bismarck, Prinz Eugen and their escort ships, were spotted by a Swedish cruiser, the Gotland around 1 P.M. This was exactly what ...

But Bismarck and Prinz Eugen were discovered by the Royal Navy, which attempted to intercept the ships as they sailed through Denmark Strait and into the Atlantic on May 24.

The Bismarck battleship, accompanied by a smaller cruiser, Prinz Eugen, first landed in German-occupied Norway. After refueling, they headed towards Iceland and then to open waters of the Atlantic.

On May 18, 1941, Bismarck and its escort, the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, embarked on Operation Rheinübung, a campaign to sink Allied shipping in the North Atlantic and knock Britain out of the ...

The Nazi ship was escorted the battleship Prinz Eugen. Upon reaching a range of 25,000 yards, the Hood opened fire and hit the Bismarck, causing it to lose speed.

On May 24, southwest of Iceland, Bismarck and Prinz Eugen tangled with the battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the aging battlecruiser HMS Hood.Trading armored protection for speed, Hood’s ...

One such piece of surrendered equipment was the Prinz Eugen, a 697-foot Admiral Hipper Class German Heavy Cruiser named after Prince Eugene of Savoy, a 17th and 18th century Austrian general.

A German naval officer on the Prinz Eugen gives a careful account of the pursuit and sinking of the Bismarck in May 1941. Das Geheimnis Der "Bismarck." | Foreign Affairs ...

On May 24, southwest of Iceland, Bismarck and Prinz Eugen tangled with the battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the aging battlecruiser HMS Hood.Trading armored protection for speed, Hood’s ...

Prinz Eugen was a marvel of German naval engineering from the 1930s, renowned for her advanced design and capabilities. She played a key role in World War II, most notably in the Battle of the ...

A photograph of the Bismarck taken from the Prinz Eugen in Norwegian waters on May 21, 1941. The dazzle camouflage stripes had not yet been painted out, nor had the false bow waves.