Battle of the Denmark Strait

The Battle of the Denmark Strait was a naval engagement in the Second World War, which took place on 24 May 1941 between ships of the Royal Navy and the Kriegsmarine. The British battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the battlecruiser HMS Hood fought the German battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, which were attempting to break out into the North Atlantic to attack Allied merchant shipping through the Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland.

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1941  Wikimedia, Wikidata
naval battle, United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, 

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1941 Battle of the Denmark Strait

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Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1998-035-05, Schlachtschiff Bismarck, Seegefecht

Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1984-055-14, Schlachtschiff Bismarck, nach Seegefecht (cropped)

Painting by J.C. Schmitz-Westerholt, depicting Hood's loss during her engagement with the Bismarck on 24 May 1941. HMS Prince of Wales is in the foreground.

Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1984-055-14, Schlachtschiff Bismarck, nach Seegefecht

HMS Hood HU50191

German battleship Bismarck fires on British battleship HMS Prince of Wales in the Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941

Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1968-015-18, Schlachtschiff Bismarck (Gemälde)

Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1968-015-25, Schlachtschiff Bismarck, Seegefecht

090101 PoW track chart

HMS Hood aerial photo 24 May 1941

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1941	Battle of the Denmark Strait	United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, naval battle	Wikidata
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1998-035-05, Schlachtschiff Bismarck, Seegefecht		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1984-055-14, Schlachtschiff Bismarck, nach Seegefecht (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Painting by J.C. Schmitz-Westerholt, depicting Hood's loss during her engagement with the Bismarck on 24 May 1941. HMS Prince of Wales is in the foreground.		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1984-055-14, Schlachtschiff Bismarck, nach Seegefecht		Commons
commons	image		HMS Hood HU50191		Commons
commons	image		German battleship Bismarck fires on British battleship HMS Prince of Wales in the Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1968-015-18, Schlachtschiff Bismarck (Gemälde)		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1968-015-25, Schlachtschiff Bismarck, Seegefecht		Commons
commons	image		090101 PoW track chart		Commons
commons	image		HMS Hood aerial photo 24 May 1941		Commons