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==Operation Rhine==
==Operation Rhine==
[[Image:BismarckBB2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|''Bismarck'' fires a salvo at HMS ''Hood'' in the Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941]]
In an attempt to continue their successes from earlier in the year, the Kriegsmarine sent battleship ''Bismarck'' and heavy cruiser ''Prinz Eugen'' on a raid into the Atlantic on 20 May 1941. Spotted by observers in the Kattegat (near [[Sweden]]) who quickly alerted the British, Royal Navy patrols were increased. The two warships subsequently were sighted by cruisers ''Suffolk'' and ''Norfolk'' in the Denmark Strait. Through skillful seamanship, the cruisers managed to shadow the German raiders and send in repeated spotting reports, allowing the Royal Navy's Battle Cruiser Squadron to close on the area.
In an attempt to continue their successes from earlier in the year, the Kriegsmarine sent battleship ''Bismarck'' and heavy cruiser ''Prinz Eugen'' on a raid into the Atlantic on 20 May 1941. Spotted by observers in the Kattegat (near [[Sweden]]) who quickly alerted the British, Royal Navy patrols were increased. The two warships subsequently were sighted by cruisers ''Suffolk'' and ''Norfolk'' in the Denmark Strait. Through skillful seamanship, the cruisers managed to shadow the German raiders and send in repeated spotting reports, allowing the Royal Navy's Battle Cruiser Squadron to close on the area.