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The world’s most impressive battleships and why they still matter

The largest ever mounted on a warship, each gun could fire 3,200-pound (1,460 kg) shells over 26 miles (42 kilometers).
The National Interest

HMS Rodney

Here’s what you need to remember: On May 27, Rodney along with King George V took part in a naval duel against the German battleship, destroying Bismarck‘s guns. Rodney then closed to point-blank ...
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Sinking the Bismarck: The Legendary Battleship’s Final Hours in 1941

In the black veil of dawn on May 19, 1941, the giant Bismarck, a battleship of unheard-of strength, glided into the Baltic ...
PBS

PBS Partners With Channel 4 in Unprecedented Expedition to Find Sunken World War II Battleships "Hood" and "Bismarck" for New Specials Beginning Oct. 31

-- PBS and Channel 4 Provide 24-Hour Coverage of the Expedition Including Live Webcast of Underwater Filming of the Wreckage -- PASADENA, Calif. - July 27, 2001 - It was one of the greatest sea ...
Fox News

WWII naval telegrams detailing the sinking of Hitler’s most powerful battleship emerge

An archive of 22 Royal Nay telegram messages describing the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck is up for auction in the U.K. The Bismarck has been described as the largest and most powerful ...
Evening Chronicle

The history of the Geordie-built battleship which helped sink the feared Bismarck

A British battleship which helped bring down the German Navy’s famous Bismarck was built on the banks of the Tyne. HMS King George V played a vital role in the Allies’ Second World War triumph, seeing ...
The National Interest

HMS Rodney

Meet HMS Rodney – After watching the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla with friends from the British Officers Club of Washington DC not so long ago, I... Here’s what you need to ...