The report came to the British on May 21, 1941. The German battleship Bismarck, the most 1 warship in the world, was moving out into the Atlantic Ocean. Her task: to destroy the ships 2 supplies from the United States to war-torn England. The British 3 such a task. No warship they had could 4 the Bismarck in 5 or in firepower. The Bismarck had eight 15-inch guns and 81 smaller guns. She could move at 30 nautical mile(海里)an hour. She was believed to be unsinkable. However, the British had to 6 her. They sent out a task force 7 by their best battleship Hood to hunt down the Bismarck. On May 24, the Hood found the Bismarck.
It was a 8 that the German commander(指挥官) did not want to see. His orders were 9 the British ships that were carrying 10 , but to stay away from a fight with British warships.
The battle didn"t last long. The Bismarck"s first torpedo(鱼雷) 11 the Hood, which went down taking all but three of her 1,419 men with her.
But in the 12 , the Bismarck was slightly damaged. Her commander decided to run for repairs 13 France, which had 14 been taken by the Germans. The British force 15 her. 16 , because of the Bismarck"s speed and the 17 tog, they lost 18 of her.
For two days, every British ship in the Atlantic 19 find the Bismarck, but with no success. Finally, she was sighted by a plane from Ireland. Trying to slow the Bismarck 20 so that their ships could catch up with her, the British fired at her from the air. The Bismarck was hit.
On the morning of May 27, the last battle was fought. Four British ships fired on the Bismarck, and she was finally sunk.