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...
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The Denmark Strait is the strait that separates Greenland from Iceland. The Norwegian island of Jan Mayen lies northeast of the strait. The strait connects...
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HMS Suffolk (55) (category County-class cruisers of the Royal Navy)
took part in the Norwegian Campaign in 1940 and then the Battle of the Denmark Strait in 1941, before serving in the Arctic throughout the following year...
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the United Kingdom as the previously successful Operation Berlin had done. After Bismarck had sunk HMS Hood during the Battle of the Denmark Strait (24...
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King George V-class battleship (1939) (category Ship classes of the Royal Navy)
problematic. During the battle of the Denmark Strait against the German battleship Bismarck, the main battery of the newly commissioned Prince of Wales had mechanical...
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German battleship Bismarck (redirect from The Bismarck)
The two ships were detected several times off Scandinavia, and British naval units were deployed to block their route. At the Battle of the Denmark Strait...
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1941 by the Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen in the Battle of the Denmark Strait Ships named Hood have earned the following battle honours:...
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John Leach (Royal Navy officer) (category Companions of the Distinguished Service Order)
who had been on the bridge of Prince of Wales' with Leach during the Battle of the Denmark Strait and was partially blinded when the ship was hit by Bismarck's...
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Lancelot Holland (category Companions of the Order of the Bath)
a Royal Navy officer who commanded the British force in the Battle of the Denmark Strait in May 1941 against the German battleship Bismarck. Holland...
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German cruiser Prinz Eugen (category Shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean)
damaged the battleship Prince of Wales in the Battle of the Denmark Strait. Prinz Eugen was detached from Bismarck during the operation to raid Allied merchant...
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