Mushure mekuparadzwa kweHood, ngarava yeBritish Royal Navy yakatanga kutevera ngarava iyi. Mazuva maviri gare gare, ichinanga kuFrance kuti igadziriswe, Bismarck yakarwiswa ne16 yeFairey Swordfish biplane torpedo mabhomba kubva kunhandare yendege HMS Ark Royal; imwe yakarova iyo yakaita kuti ngarava yehondo isashande. Muhondo yake yekupedzisira mangwanani akatevera, iyo Bismarck yakanga yatove yakakuvara yakakuvadzwa zvakanyanya panguva yekurwisana kwakasimba neBritish battleships uye maviri anorema cruisers, yakanyudzwa nevashandi vayo, uye yakanyura nekurasikirwa kukuru kwehupenyu. Nyanzvi dzakawanda dzinobvumirana kuti hondo yacho yaizopedzisira yaita. Kuparadzwa kwakawanikwa naRobert Ballard munaJune 1989, uye yakaongororwazve nedzimwe nzendo dzinoverengeka kubvira ipapo.
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