169K views · 1.9K reactions | The German battleship Bismarck was the the pride of the Kriegsmarine, Nazi Germany's naval service. Neck and neck with the U.S.S. Hood, war ties on the water led to the loss of nearly 3,500 men. Learn more with #AbandonedExpeditionShipwreck tonight at 10p ET on Science Channel. | Science Channel | Facebook

Real video of the battleship Bismarck firing its guns at the battlecruiser HMS Hood. You can see how the british shots raise columns of water near the Bismarck, turn up the volume and you can heard them. In the last seconds of the video you can see the column of smoke left by the explosion of HMS Hood next to the retiring battleship HMS Prince of Wales. The video was filmed from the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, 24 may 1941. - Bundesarchive #video #videooftheday