Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Pana 6 March, Bismarck akagamuchira murairo wokuenda kuKiel. Vari munzira, ngarava yacho yaiperekedzwa nenhandare dzinoverengeka dzehondo dzeMesserschmitt Bf 109 nengarava mbiri dzezvokutengeserana dzakanga dzakapfeka zvombo, pamwe chete nechikepe chinopwanya aizi. Pana 08:45 musi wa 8 Kurume, Bismarck akamhara kwenguva pfupi kumahombekombe ekumaodzanyemba kweKiel Canal; akasunungurwa mukati meawa. Ngarava yacho yakasvika kuKiel zuva rakatevera racho, uko vashandi vayo vakaunganidza zvombo, mafuta, nezvimwe zvinhu uye vakashandisa pendi yependi inonyandura kuti isamuvheneke. Mabhomba eBritain akarwisa chiteshi chengarava pasina kubudirira musi wa 12 March. Musi wa 17 Kurume, ngarava yekare yehondo Schlesien, yava kushandiswa sechikepe chinopwanya chando, yakasunga Bismarck kuburikidza nechando kuenda kuGotenhafen, uko iyo yekupedzisira yakaenderera mberi nekudzidzira kurwa. Naval High Command (Oberkommando der Marine kana OKM), yaitungamirirwa naAdmiral Erich Raeder, yaida kuenderera mberi nekushandisa ngarava dzinorema sevanopamba pamusoro pekutengeserana kwevatengesi veAllied muAtlantic Ocean. Ngarava mbiri dzehondo dzeScharnhorst-class dzakanga dziri muBrest, France, panguva iyoyo, dzichangopedza Operation Berlin, kurwisa kukuru muAtlantic. Ngarava yehanzvadzi yaBismarck yainzi Tirpitz yakakurumidza kupedzwa. Bismarck naTirpitz vaifanira kubuda muBaltic ndokusangana nezvikepe zviviri zveScharnhorst-class muAtlantic; basa racho rakatanga rakarongerwa musi wa25 Kubvumbi 1941, apo nguva yemwedzi mutsva yaizoita kuti zvinhu zvive zvakanaka. Basa paTirpitz rakapedzwa gare gare kupfuura zvaifungidzirwa, uye haana kuiswa basa kusvika musi wa25 Kukadzi; ngarava yacho yakanga isina kugadzirira kurwa kusvika pakupera kwegore. Kuti zviwedzere kuomesa mamiriro acho ezvinhu, Gneisenau yakaputitswa ne torpedo muBrest uye yakakuvadzwazve nemabhomba paakanga ari mudoko rakaoma. Scharnhorst yaida kugadziriswa kweboiler zvichitevera Operation Berlin; vashandi vakaona panguva yekugadziriswa kuti boiler dzaive mumamiriro akaipa kupfuura zvaitarisirwa. Aizovawo asingawanikwi nokuda kwechiito chakarongwa. Kurwiswa kwakaitwa nzvimbo dzokuchengetera zvinhu muKiel nebhomba dzeBritain kwakakonzera kuti kugadziriswa kwezvikepe zvinorema zvehondo Admiral Scheer naAdmiral Hipper kunonoke. Ngarava mbiri dzacho dzaisazova...  Mubvunzo: Rudzii rwezvikepe zvehondo zvakashandiswa nokuda kweOperation Berlin?
Ngarava dzehondo dzeScharnhorst-class