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Acordin with a survivor, on duty in a very deep section of the bismark, the british shells can't perforate armoured belts and levels. Main, secundary and Flak batterys guners and other exposed crew members died or had severe wounds, but many sailors...

Acordin with a survivor, on duty in a very deep section of the bismark, the british shells can't perforate armoured belts and levels. Main, secundary and Flak batterys guners and other exposed crew members died or had severe wounds, but many sailors remains in a better protected areas and survive battering. When sculting ship order was given, they can reach upper levels and abandon ship in middle of severe shell and torpedoes attack. Many can reach the sea before the ship capsize . 85 were rescued by DHC, 25 by the maori destructor, 3 by a U-boat and 2 more by a german Meteorological ship. 2 bodies were picked up by a Spanish vessel and had honour burial in the sea. Whith the Admiral staff, journalists, and LW wing crew, more than 2,200 germans were in bismarck when RO start.

the british capt's were ordered by higher up's to only take a sample of bismark's crew and to leave the rest. over 1500 were left in the water.