"Bismarck"s alarm sounded for the last time at 08:00 on the morning of 27 May 1941. "Norfolk" sighted the "Bismarck" at 08:15, and the battleship opened fire at 08:48. "Bismarck" began her last stand and returned fire at 08:49 against "Rodney". fired at "Bismarck" soon after and the cruisers "Norfolk" and "Dorsetshire" engaged with their main armament. "Bismarck"s forward command position was hit at 08:53, and both forward gun turrets were put out of action at 09:02, killing Adalbert Schneider in the main gun director. The after command position was destroyed at 09:18 and turret "Dora" was disabled at 09:24. "Bismarck" received further heavy hits at 09:40, resulting in a fire amidships, and turret "Caesar" went out of action after a hit at 09:50. Some secondary positions and weapons survived and battled on. All weapons fell silent at 10:00. Short of fuel, "Rodney" and "King George V" had to disengage prior to "Bismarck"s sinking.