Konstam, Angus Hunt the Bismarck. The pursuit of Germany's most famous battleship

"Hunt the Bismarck" tells the story of operation "Rheinübung", the Atlantic sortie of Germany's largest battleship in May 1941. The "Bismarck" entered service in the summer of 1940. She was well armed, with eight 15-inch guns as well as a powerful array of lighter weapons, while her armoured protection earned her the reputation of being unsinkable. This claim was finally put to the test in May 1941, when she sortied into the Atlantic and fought the legendary battle of the Denmark Strait, destroying H.M.S. "Hood", the pride of the Royal Navy. The "Bismarck" was now loose in the North Atlantic. However, damage sustained in the battle limited her ability to roam at will, while the Royal Navy deployed the Home Fleet to revenge the "Hood". The stage was set for the greatest chase story in the history of naval warfare. Drawing on a wealth of first-hand accounts, and intertwining extensive research into a fast-paced narrative, this is the most readable and accurate account of "Bismarck's" epic voyage ever produced.

In the Denmark Strait, a legendary naval battle took place between the British battlecruiser H.M.S. "Hood" and the battleship H.M.S. "Prince of Wales", during which the "Hood" was sunk and the "Prince of Wales" damaged. Attacks with torpedo planes resulted in damage to the steering gear of the German battleship, and the British Home Fleet launched an unprecedented hunt for the "Bismarck" in order to avenge the sunk "Hood".