The hunt for Bismarck involved much of the prewar Royal Navy. Many participating ships subsequently failed to survive the Second World War. The scale of the pursuit therefore helps explain why its participants included so many of the fleet's later wartime losses.
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The Bismarck chase as a cross-section of the prewar Royal Navy
The hunt for Bismarck involved much of the prewar Royal Navy, placing the later loss of many participating ships within the scale of the wider war.