Real video of the battleship Bismarck firing its guns at the battlecruiser HMS Hood. You can see how the british shots raise columns of water near the Bismarck, turn up the volume and you can heard them. In the last seconds of the video you can see the column of smoke left by the explosion of HMS Hood next to the retiring battleship HMS Prince of Wales. The video was filmed from the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, 24 may 1941. - Bundesarchive #video #videooftheday

Actual enhanced footage of the Battleship Bismarck (photoed from Prinz Eugen) firing on the HMS Hood and Prince of Wales. One of these rounds sends Hood and all but three of her crew to the bottom of the North Atlantic. | Ghosts of the Battlefield

How the Bismarck Became the Most Feared Battleship in WWII History The German battleship Bismarck, commissioned in August 1940, was a masterpiece of naval engineering. Weighing over 50,000 tons fully loaded, it reached a top speed of 30 knots. Its terrifying primary armament consisted of eight 15-inch guns that famously sank HMS Hood in just minutes. Built to dominate the Atlantic, Bismarck combined massive firepower with thick, specialized armor. Though its reign was short, its legendary hunt a