Diary May 24, 1941

05-1941, War Diary, Year 1941 / 1 minute of reading

Battleship Bismarck is firing on Hood, pictured from Prinz Eugen.

Diary for Saturday, May 24, 1941:

Sea War

Atlantic: HMS Hood sunk by battleship Bismarck in Denmark Strait, East of Greenland – only three survivors out of 1,419. Prince of Wales damaged by Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen; Bismarck slightly damaged but begins losing fuel oil. Prinz Eugen is detached for independent operations; night May 24-25.
Mediterranean: British sub Upholder attacks Italian convoy east of Sicily, sinking troopship Conte Rosso (17,900 t.); 800 drown.

Air War

Colonel-General Grauert, senior Luftwaffe commander, reported missing in action over England.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

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