On the British side, Rodney was lightly damaged by near-misses and by the blast effects of her own guns. After about 100 minutes of fighting, Bismarck was sunk by the combined effects of shellfire, torpedo hits and deliberate scuttling. The third phase on the morning of 27 May was an attack by the British battleships King George V and Rodney supported by the heavy cruisers Norfolk and Dorsetshire. The second phase was the shadowing and harassment of Bismarck during the night of 26/27 May by British and Polish destroyers, with no serious damage to any ship. The first phase late on the 26th consisted of air strikes by torpedo bombers from the British aircraft carrier Ark Royal, which disabled Bismarck 's steering gear, jammed her rudders in a turning position and prevented her escape. The last battle consisted of four main phases.
It was the culmination of Operation Rheinübung where the attempt of two German ships to disrupt the Atlantic Convoys to the United Kingdom failed with the scuttling of the Bismarck. Although it was a decisive action between capital ships, it has no generally accepted name. The last battle of the German battleship Bismarck took place in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 300 nautical miles (560 km 350 mi) west of Brest, France, on 26– between the German battleship Bismarck and naval and air elements of the British Royal Navy.
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