The Bismarck gave no sign of surrender and kept her battle colours flying to the end. Until her guns were put out of action she replied for some-time to the British salvoes with her whole armament.
It is now revealed that the Hood blew up two minutes after being hit. An officer who took part in the battle of Greenland in. which the Hood was sunk, said the Hrsrharck was first sighted: in the; Denmark Straits on May.23 about: 730;: pm..
With.the Bismarck was the cruiser Prinz Eugen. Weather' was fairly thick and.visibillty was limited to six vor. seven miles "All the time visibility was. lov..abd there was in' danger? ofjruinning into the enemy at élóse range."
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