HMS Dorsetshire (The End of the Bismarck) by Ivan Berryman. (AP) SHN84 The elegant but ill-fated jewel

The elegant but ill-fated jewel in the White Star crown Titanic was a technical marvel of engineering in its day

Image size 78 inches x 46 inches (200cm x 117m)

HMS Nelson is shown transversing the Suez Canal after her tour in the pacific at the end of World War Two

the nearest aircraft is P7856 (YT-C) which enjoyed a long career

and 105 taken prisoner

HMS Dorsetshire (The End of the Bismarck) by Ivan Berryman. (AP) SHN84 The elegant but ill-fated jewelB123AP. HMS Dorsetshire (The End of the Bismarck) The heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire is brought up to sink the blazing wreck of the Bismarck with torpedoes at around 10: 30 hours on the morning of May 27th 1941. The once proud German ship had been ruthlessly pounded into a twisted and burning wreck by the British battleships Rodney and King George V. HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Maori combed the area of the sinking for survivors, between them picking up a