Sighting the Bismarck by Robert Taylor (AP) SQN215 just 2 km outside the

just 2 km outside the heavily defended harbour of Alexandria

Among its notable achievements is a record set in 1963 for the largest and heaviest aircraft to land on an aircraft carrier

HMS Hood makes a turn to port

the crew compartment of the R VI was fully enclosed and the bomb load was carried internally

Austro-Hungarian ace Godwin von Brumowski added steadily to his ever-increasing score on the Italian Front

Sighting the Bismarck by Robert Taylor (AP) SQN215 just 2 km outside theDHM2169AP. Sighting the Bismarck by Robert Taylor. In the early hours of May 24, 1941, as the mighty German battleships Bismarck and Prinz Eugen slipped through the Denmark Strait, they were dramatically intercepted by the Royal Navy battleships Hood and Prince of Wales. Within six minutes of the first salvo being fired, the Hood, pride of the Royal Navy, was blown out of the water in one of the most gigantic explosions ever witnessed at sea.