A cikin watan Mayu, Sheffield ya shiga cikin nutsewar jirgin yakin Jamus na Bismarck, ya tsere daga harin torpedo na abokantaka da jirgin saman jirgin sama na Fairey Swordfish na jirgin sama na Ark Royal; An saukar da torpedo goma sha ɗaya kuma kawai masu fashewa Duplex masu lahani da kuma kula da jirgin ruwa sun cece ta daga bala'i. (A cikin rahoton harin, Admiral Sir John Tovey, kwamandan rundunar jiragen ruwa na gida, an gaya masa cewa ba a sami wata nasara a Bismarck ba.
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