LOST BISMARCK
GERMAN OFFICIAL STORY ADMIRAL’S FAREWELL MESSAGE. SHIP MADE INCAPABLE OF MANOEUVRING. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 27. An account of the sinking of the Bismarck is given by the official news agency in Berlin:—“ln. her first, battle, against superior British forces, the Bismarck sank the Hood and damaged a King George battleship. The Bismarck had her speed reduced by a hit forward. A torpedo, in an air attack on the night of May 24, again reduced her speed. At about 9 p.m. on May 26, when she was 400 miles westward o£ Brest, the Bismarck was hit by two aerial torpedoes, breaking her screw and rudder. Admiral Luetjens at 10.42 p.m. reported to the High Command: “The ship is incapable of manoeuvres, but will fight to the last shell. Long live the Fuehrer!”
“Against enemy forces which were gradually being reinforced, the Bismarck went on. fighting until finally, on the morning of May 27. she went down. Admiral Luetjens. Captain Lindeman and an undetermined number of the crew were lost.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 May 1941, Page 6
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