I te 08:45 i runga i 8 Maehe, Bismarck poto rere i runga i te takutai tonga o te Kiel Canal; i tukua ia i roto i te haora. tae te kaipuke Kiel i te ra i muri mai, i te wahi i puranga ona kaimahi patu, wahie, me ētahi atu taonga, me te tono i te koti o te peita dazzle ki te camouflage ia. whakaekea British kaipuke bombers te tauranga, kahore angitu i runga i te 12 Maehe. i runga i 17 Maehe, te tawhito battleship Schlesien, whakamahia inaianei rite te icebreaker, oti escorted Bismarck i roto i te icepit ki Gotenhafen, te wahi i te whakangungu whawhai taimaha, me te tokorua o kaipuke kaihokohoko patu, me te tahi icebreaker. haere tonu whakangungu whawhai taimaha a tawhio noa Tirnhamou i runga i te Atlantic i te 25 Hui-tanguru 1941, i muri i te whakatutukitanga o te mahi i runga i nga kaipuke nui e rua i whakahaeretia i runga i te moana, i whakahaeretia e te Admiral Scheuß i runga i te moana
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