 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bismarck alarm yakarira kwenguva yokupedzisira pa 08:00 mangwanani aMay 27, 1941. Norfolk yakaona Bismarck na8: 15, uye ngarava yehondo yakazarura moto na8: 48. Bismarck akatanga kumira kwake kwokupedzisirauye vakadzorera moto na8: 49 kurwisa Rodney. vakapfura pa Bismarck nguva pfupi yapfuura uye cruisers Norfolk uye Dorsetshire vakabatanidzwa nezvombo zvavo zvikuru. Nzvimbo yekuraira yepamberi yeBismarck yakarohwa na8: 53, uye shongwe mbiri dzepamberi dzakaparadzwa na9: 02, dzichiuraya Adalbert Schneider mumutungamiriri mukuru wepfuti. Nzvimbo yekudzora yapashure yakaparadzwa na09:18 uye turret Dora yakaremara na09:24. Bismarck yakatambudzwa zvikuru nenguva dza 09:40, zvichiguma nomoto pakati pezvikepe, uye tureti Caesar yakabuda mubasa pashure pokurohwa nenguva dza 09:50. Dzimwe nzvimbo dzechipiri nezvombo zvakapukunyuka ndokuramba dzichirwiwa. Zvombo zvose zvakanyarara na10: 00. Vasina mafuta, Rodney uye King George V vaifanira kurega basa Bismarck isati yanyura. 