The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-27
Pride Of German Navy
 Is Battered To Death
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Hlsmsrck. possibly the best armoret ship afloat.
 More torpedo assaults were mad' and apparently it was these tha scored the coup de grace on thI Naxl dreadnaught although British Neeounts have not yet made com 5,'eteiy cuear at the last hours o ElScmark's life.
 First Lord of the Admiralty A. V Alexander announced that Arl Royal planes put two torpedoes intt nismark last night.
 AThis morning other torpedo. Boanbers from that ship joined othel soffcers and men or the Royal Nav i'd putting the finishing touches or 4fe Bismarck" he saic.
 A high official source told thC story of the battle:
 ssWednesday last the new German battelship Bismarck accompanied by the new eight-inch gun cruiser Prince Eugen were described by ouI air reconnaissance as at Bergen and on Thursday 1t was known that they had left.
 ~Many arrangements were made a&o1aintercept them should they ata tempt, as seemed probable, to nrkak out into the Atlantic with view to striking at our conveys from the United States, and during the niKnt of the 23d-24th our cruisers not visual contact with them as Nhey were passing through the Dem mark strait between Iceland and Greenland.
 ,@. At Dawn Saturday
 HAt dawn Saturday the Prince AfsWales and the Hood intercepted ehese two enemy vessels. No de- Hailed account is available because eyents have been moving too rapidly $if1ce, butt he Hood was struck at about 23,000 yards by shell which agenetrated one of her magazines nd she blew up with only Q very lew survivors.
 Y. ssThis splendid vessed, though de- Aagned 23 years ago, is Q serious loss to the Royal Navy and even more of c los is htat of the men and officers who manned her.
 sDuring the whole of Saturday our ships remained in touch with the Bismarck and her consort and arr @angements were made for effect Nng battle at dawn yesterday morn- ma. but during the night the Weather deteriorated, visibility de- creased and the Bismarck by mak- ane a sharp turn shook off pursuit NHe do not know what happened Ne the Prince Eugen but measures Wre being taken in respect to her
 "Yesterday shortly before midday A Catalina aircraft. one of Q con- Adorable number of those very far xeachinR scouting planes sent us by 3he United States. picked up the AismArck and 1t was seen that she Mias making for c French port, Brest Dr St. Nazaire. ., ~ "On this further rapid disposi- asons were made by the admiralty t~ Whole Ocean Covered
 aWe may say that the moment she was konwn to be at sea the Wholo apparatus of our ocean patrol came into play and very far reach. |domblnations began work. Las' Eeyening - from yesterday afternoon Ehere had not been time to prepare
 detailed statement fleet ail N lnrn torpedo carriers and seaplane' erom the Ark Royal attacked ant lzhen made c succession of attack on the Bismarck, who now appeared ko be alone without escort. About midnight we learned tna' 'the Bismarck had been struck py Two torpedoes, one amidsnips, tne ether Astern.
 aThis second torpedo apparently affected the steering gear or tne Ehip for not only was she reduced so very low speed but she continued shaxinr uncomfortable circles in the sea. in which condition she was at- lacked by one of our iotillas VII WI, two more torpedoes, which nrougn' ner virtually to Q standstill lar ron hnlu and far outside the range m 1,hich enemy bomber aircraft iron <he French coast could come to th'
 Broke ships Rudder
 (The Germans said that 6 tor nedo attack on the night of the 24tf keduced the Bismarck's speed fur' Kher. Then, they said, 400 milei test of Brest, the ship was agar iit by two aerial torpedoes at e,clock last night. One of these tor ssedoes broke the ships rudder ans fts propellors, the Germans sald0
 "Thia morning at daylight O Fhortly after daylight the Bismarci Svas attacked by British pursuing nat kIeships and we do not know Wha Nsere the results of the bombard fhent. However, 1t appears that tn Bismarck was not sunk by gunilr, Rr,d will be dispatched by a torpedo 4shis is now proceeding and tner 6ar not be any lengthy delay in dis aoslng of this vessel"
 Shortly after this statement ha' keen prepared the ministry of in Sormation and then the admiralt announced that the Bismarck hal Been sunk. , A. V. Alexander, first lord of tn Admiralty, announced at SaVo s3otel luncheon in nid-afternool Khat the Bismarck had been sun Mk ii Q. m. 6 6. m. EDT).
 For 72 tense hours the Britisl 4ieet and the Bismarck had ei1gage' 4h a deadly game of hare am hounds in which. somewhere in tn north Atlantic between Greenlan. end the European coast, Britisl #arShips of all types had hunte' Ahe German giant as scout plane As the fleet flashed Its tortuou snaneuverings and torpedo planes egttacking 1t again and again, ha' saat 1t twice,
 Fate of Crew Unknown
 The fate of the German crew am xsf the commander, Admiral Guen Kher Luetjens, who had been haile' #s a hero for his sinking of tn E4and xros mt immNdiatAlv known