How the Royal Navy Hunted Down the Bismarck

In this video, IWM Curator Ian Kikuchi follows the Royal Navy’s relentless pursuit across the Atlantic that led to the destruction of Germany’s most feared battleship: Bismarck. 00:00 The Bismarck 01:43 Spotting Bismarck 03:03 The Battle of Denmark Strait 04:50 Bismarck Hit and Sets Course for France 06:12 HMS Victorious Launches an Air Strike 07:33 Swordfish Attack 09:26 The Final Battle 11:09 HMS Dorsetshire rescues German Sailors 12:32 The Royal Navy's Victory This video was filmed on board the HMS Belfast. Plan your visit now: https://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/hms-belfast Explore and licence the film clips used in this video: https://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/collections/_x9xWr42M Follow IWM on social media: https://x.com/I_W_M https://instagram.com/imperialwarmuseums https://facebook.com/iwm.london https://tiktok.com/@imperialwarmuseums German battleship Bismarck with Nazi flag, 1941 from Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Kapitän Ernst Lindemann, Bundesarchiv, Bild 101II-MN-1361-21A / Winkelmann / CC-BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/ The German Battleship Bismarck in 1940, Bundesarchiv, Bild 193-04-1-26 / CC-BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/ Schlachtschiff Bismarck, Bundesarchiv, Bild 193-05-2-07A / CC-BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/ Schlachtschiff Bismarck, 1939, Bundesarchiv, Bild 193-30-5-34A / CC-BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/