Work on the top decks was not completed for another year, however, and it took until 1940 for Bismarck to begin sea trials and receive an official commission in the Nazis’ Kriegsmarine.

This was the Royal Navy's greatest loss on a single ship of the Second World War. When the Bismarck was sunk 9 days later over 2000 sailors perished. In total, this great sea battle cost the lives ...

Sixty years after the epic battle between Hood and Bismarck, an expedition is going to find out exactly what happened to these two great Second World War ships. David Mearns - leading the search ...