Bismarck firing on Hood and Prince of Wales, Battle of Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941, photo 5 of 5; photographed from Prinz Eugen

Historical Information
Caption     Bismarck firing on Hood and Prince of Wales, Battle of Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941, photo 5 of 5; photographed from Prinz Eugen ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Atlantic Ocean
Date 24 May 1941
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Identification Code   NH 69722
 
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Battle of Denmark Strait   Main article  Photos  
Bismarck   Main article  Photos  
Prinz Eugen   Main article  Photos  
Photos in Series See all 5 photos in this series
Photos on Same Day 24 May 1941
Colorized By WW2DB     Colorized with Adobe Photoshop
 
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Official government photographs and documents are in the public domain and may be scanned and reproduced in print or online. They may be cropped or resized, but their content may not be altered.
Additionally, according to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 740 x 433 pixels



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1. Denn says:
20 Jan 2012 05:17:16 AM

One can see from the wake that Prinz Eugen is zigzagging to confuse British rangefinders, also that Bismarck is astern.

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