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.

When it was under command of the Nazi Kriegsmarine, the Prinz Eugen was fairly well known to the Allies.

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, ...

A German naval officer on the Prinz Eugen gives a careful account of the pursuit and sinking of the Bismarck in May 1941.

The Bismarck and her escort, the Prinz Eugen, were destroyed after they had made a dash into the Atlantic to resume attacks on allied supply convoys. Tuesday's gathering is expected to be the last of ...

The Bismarck was alone; Prinz Eugen had escaped, was later spotted by aircraft at Brest. Before Sir John got within range, the Bismarck had been crippled by a carrier-plane torpedo attack.

Ein Schiff, eine Odyssee: Die Geschichte des Kreuzers "Prinz Eugen" war mehr als die vieler anderer NS-Kriegsschiffe und brachte ihm schließlich den Namen Glücklicher Prinz ein.

On 18 May 1941 Germany's Bismarck battleship, accompanied by the Prinz Eugen, sailed with over 2,000 men on board from Gdynia on the Baltic coast. British intelligence had been monitoring the ...

Bismarck Bismarck, in contrast, was a much more modern ship. The 1919 Versailles Treaty severely restricted Germany's ability to re-arm after the First World War.

The Germans planned to use the pair as commerce raiders, with Bismarck drawing off or destroying the capital ship escorts of any convoys, while Prinz Eugen concentrated on the merchant ships ...