Bismarck Length: 823 feet Displacement: 50,405 tons Speed: 30.8 knots
Fairey Swordfish Mk I Speed: 139 mph Range: 1,000 miles Armament: 2 machine guns (1 nose mounted, 1 rear facing), 1 x 1,650 pound torpedo
Narrator: The most powerful warship on Earth is loose in the Atlantic. The German battleship Bismarck wields the firepower to crush any ship in the Allied fleet. The British must call on courageous airmen flying outdated Swordfish bi-planes to help hunt down Hitler's' superweapon and pound her into oblivion. Now through remarkable computer animation it's a dogfight on the sea, the incredible story of the life and death of Germany's greatest warship and the airpower that turned the tide. Experience the battle, dissect the tactics, relive the hunt for the Bismarck.
Commentators: Nick Hewitt Historian, Imperial War Museum Heinrich Kuhnt Bismarck, Machinist Mate 1st Class Ted Briggs, MBE HMS Hood James Delgado Marine Archaeologist Otto Schlenka Prinz Eugen, Lt. Cmdr. (ret) Frank Allen HMS Hood Association CPO H.A.D. Turtle King George V Coxswain (Ret) David Morris Curator of Aircraft, Fleet Air Arm Museum Lt. Cdr. John "Jack" Moffat (Ret) Ark Royal, Royal Navy Reserve
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