Kreigsmarine Bismarck the Fateful Salvo

0559 hours, Saturday 24th May 1941

The print depicts ‘Bismarck’ firing the fatal salvo which destroyed the Royal Navy’s most beloved and respected warships -’H.M.S. Hood’.

From her attempt to break out into the Atlantic shipping lanes on her maiden voyage, the heart-stopping destruction of ‘Hood’ in the Denmark Strait, her retreat and near escape to a French Port and the unbelievably lucky torpedo hit that crippled her, until her final destruction at the hands of the Royal Navy, makes a story that cannot be improved on in the realms of fiction.

Each print is signed by one of three survivors of the sinking. They are Heinz Steeg or Otto Peters, who were in the engineering spaces, or Willy Treinis who was assigned to the secondary armament.

A four-page history of the ship and certificate of authenticity completes the package.