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Index
Britannia Royal Naval College
Foreword Commander Nigel Ward
Introduction Dr G. H. Bennett, Dr R. Bennett and E. Bennett
Part I - Führer Conferences
Führer Conferences on Naval Affairs, 1941
Part II - Bismarck
The Bismarck Sails
First Reports
First Dispositions
Commander-in-Chief Leaves Scapa
Norfolk and Suffolk Find Bismarck
Dispositions
Norfolk and Suffolk Shadowing
Hood and Prince of Wales
Action with Bismarck (Plan 2)
The Chase
Measures
Bismarck Alters Course to 180°
Situation At 1800/24
24 May, Evening
HMS Victorious and 2nd Cruiser Squadron Detached
HMS Victorious Aircraft Attack (Plan 3)
Contact with Bismarck Lost
Search Measures
D.F. Position of 0852/25
25 May
26 May
Force H 26 May
Bismarck Sighted (Plan 6)
HMS Ark Royal’s First Attack
Ark Royal’s Second Attack
The Bismarck
Captain Vian’s Flotilla Makes Contact
Destroyer Shadowing Operations
Destroyer Night Torpedo64 Attacks
Destroyers Shadowing Final Torpedo Attack
The Eve Of Battle
Commencement of Action, 0847/27 May (Plan 9)
End of Action
Damage to Bismarck
Commander-in-Chief Returns
Submarines Off Brest
Conclusions
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Part III - Personal Accounts
Personal Account - Rodney
Personal Account - Bismarck
Commander Nigel ‘Sharkey’ Ward DSC
Dr G H Bennett, Dr R Bennett and E Bennett
Britannia Naval Histories of World War II
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