Dorsetshire and the Tribal-class destroyer Maori remained behind to recover survivors after Bismarck sank. Dorsetshire took aboard 86 men and Maori rescued 25, although one of Dorsetshire's survivors later died. The passage adds the humanitarian aftermath to a story often remembered chiefly as a pursuit and gunnery action. It also shows that a warship's tasks can change immediately from destroying an enemy to saving the enemy's crew.
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Dorsetshire and Maori rescue Bismarck survivors
The cruiser's role after Bismarck sank shifts attention from the battle to the difficult rescue of German sailors from the Atlantic.