The game is a turn-based strategy and takes place during the Last battle of the battleship "Bismarck" on 27 May 1941. The battle is a sequel to the Battle of the Denmark Strait, in which the Kriegsmarine ships "Bismarck" and "Prinz Eugen" sank the Royal Navy flagship, HMS "Hood", resulting in the deaths of 1,412 men. Incensed by the loss of the "pride of the Royal Navy", a large British force was dispatched in order to pursue and destroy the "Bismarck" and its support ship, the "Prinz Eugen".