10:39 A.M. May 27: Denmark Strait: Nazi super–battleship sunk by the British Navy after previous British attacks the prior day had crippled its rudder.
Churchill gets his quarry…having previously issued the now–legendary order – “Sink the Bismarck!” – 3 days prior to the Royal Navy.
The British; pride of the fleet battle cruiser HMS HOOD, had been destroyed by the Bismarck in the first skirmish 3 days earlier…with 1415 of the original 1418 Hood sailors killed when the HOOD blew up in a tremendous explosion and then sunk under Bismarck’s barrage.
All but 5 of Bismarck’s 2100 sailors died—either in the naval battle or by the delayed British rescue attempt.