[DOC] [TLE] German battleship Bismarck - Wikipedia [PAR] Bismarck was the first of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany's 
Kriegsmarine. ... The two ships were detected several times off Scandinavia, and 
British naval units were deployed ... bombardment from a British fleet, was 
scuttled by her crew, and sank with heavy loss of life. ..... over the ship's 
loudspeakers. [DOC] [TLE] Bismarck sunk by Royal Navy - May 27, 1941 - HISTORY.com [PAR] On May 27, 1941, the British navy sinks the German battleship Bismarck in the 
North ... Learning of its movement, Britain sent almost the entire British Home 
Fleet in pursuit. ... The overloaded Sultana before it sank on April 27, 1865. .... 
convinced Russian leaders that further resistance against Japan's imperial 
designs for... [DOC] [TLE] May 27, 1941: Sink the Bismarck! | WIRED [PAR] May 27, 2009 ... 1941: The German battleship Bismarck, her steering gear knocked ... finally 
cornered and sunk by ships and planes from the Royal Navy, ... Norway on May 
21 for Operation Rheinbung, its first sortie against enemy merchant shipping. ... 
badly damaged her before the British ship threw up a smoke screen... [DOC] [TLE] Should we have sunk the Bismarck? Tormented sailor reveals how ... [PAR] May 27, 2011 ... And in two hours the German battleship was a helpless wreck of twisted ... 
Tommy Byers, a sailor on the British battleship Rodney, maintained until he died 
that the ship, ... Bismarck view from astern, before her May 1941 breakout to 
attack ... has been published 70 years after the sinking on May 27, 1941. [DOC] [TLE] British vets mark a key fight at sea - tribunedigital-chicagotribune [PAR] May 23, 2001 ... Lone German also recalls sinking of Bismarck in 1941 ... airmen, along with one 
elderly German who had fought against them. ... of the May 27, 1941, sinking of 
the mighty battleship Bismarck, the pride of Adolf ... But six British ships closed in 
and sent the Bismarck to the bottom of the Atlantic on May 27. [DOC] [TLE] Maritime Disasters of WWII 1939, 1940, 1941 - members.iinet.com.au [PAR] On May 9, 1941, Oblt. Fritz Lemp and fifteen of his crew were lost when the ... A 
total of 576 men died in this tragedy, the first Royal Navy ship sunk in the ... The 
first British capital ship to be lost in the war, the 31,200 ton battleship was sunk at 
..... pm the ship was hit by a torpedo from the German motor torpedo boat S27 off
... [DOC] [TLE] A convoy with escorting battleship, 1941. The Atlantic covers over ... [PAR] In such a vast space, finding a convoy was harder than finding a single ship, as 
there ... of ships, with up to five ships in each column, forming a big box of up to 
60 ships. ... she came up against the modern German battleship Bismarck in May 
1941, ... MAY 1943 Well over 70 German U-boats at sea; 23 sunk 11 convoys 
were... [DOC] [TLE] Maritime Disasters of the Second World War [PAR] Dec.1939) German battleship, damaged during the Battle of the River Plate off ... 
A third torpedo struck the ship amidships, breaking its back and sending it to the 
bottom. ... There were only 63 survivors but 25 of these died from exposure 
before ... (May 22, 1941) British cruiser of the Mediterranean Fleet (Force C) sunk 
by... [DOC] [TLE] Werner, Herbert A. - World History in Context - Gale [PAR] On that same day the British passenger ship Athenia, traveling westward across 
... One of these, the Graf Spee, was sent into the South Atlantic to destroy British 
ships. ... The HMS Hood was sunk by the German battleship Bismark in May 
1941. ... The Allied forces realized that the war against the U-boats could be won 
only... [DOC] [TLE] Bismarck - The History - The Final Battle - Bismarck & Tirpitz [PAR] 27 May 1941 / 0808 ... The two British battleships were sighted in line-abreast at 
a range of 24,000 yards (21,450 m). ...

Question: The British sent over 60 vessels against this German battleship before it sank on May 27, 1941
Answer: Bismarck