page_title: HMS Inglefield (D02)
section_title: Pursuing German Battleships
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Inglefield (D02) / Pursuing German Battleships
caption_attribution_description: English: The sinking German battleship Bismarck on fire in the distance, surrounded by shell splashes. The photo was taken from one of the Royal Navy warships chasing.
context_page_description: HMS Inglefield was an I-class destroyer leader built for the Royal Navy that served during World War II. She was the navy's last purpose-built flotilla leader. She was named after the 19th century Admiral Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield, and is so far the only warship to carry the name of that seafaring family. In May 1940, her pennant number was changed to I02.
context_section_description: Inglefield was deployed to the North Sea with HMS Zulu to escort the battleships HMS Renown and HMS Repulse in an unsuccessful operation to seek and destroy the German battleship Scharnhorst.  It was believed that she was the cruiser Deutschland, and a massive naval effort by the Royal Navy failed to stop her from returning to a German port.
  Perhaps her most famous role was in May 1941 when she served as part of the escort for HMS King George V and HMS Rodney in the pursuit and destruction of the German battleship Bismarck.
  In August, she was present at Scapa Flow for a visit by King George VI, and even embarked the King for review of anchorage and then for return passage to the mainland on 9 August.
caption: The Bismarck's last action
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