How many men died on the battleship Bismarck when it sank?

Answer 1

The German battleship Bismarck was sunk on May 27, 1941 by a British fleet off Brest, France.

One account lists only 115 survivors and 1,995 killed of Bismarck's crew. It is unknown how many were lost after the ship was scuttled, because neither British nor German ships reached most of the men in the water.

The dead included the captain and almost all senior officers, killed on the bridge by a 14-inch shell fired by the British battleships.

Answer 2

The Bismarck was scuttled by the crew after its general destruction by a British fleet on May 27, 1941. One account lists 115 survivors and 1995 lost out of her crew. The dead included Captain Lindemann, Admiral Lutjens, and most of the senior officers. Both British and German forces avoided extensive rescue operations, so many men drowned after the actual sinking.

Answer 3

If you meant this to be a trick question the answer is none. Soldiers fight on land as members of the army and ships crews are sailors, men of the navy. There were no army personnel aboard Bismarck.

The ship had a crew of around 2100 men. After it became hopeless they set charges to blow out the bottom of their own ship and opened the seacocks to flood her, and the survivors abandoned ship. Hundreds went into the water. Two small British ships stopped to pick up these survivors floating in the water, but received word of a supposed German submarine sighted in the area, and had to get underway again. They had picked up only 110 survivors and sailed off leaving the rest in the water. The next day a German submarine and a German weather ship picked up five more. So there were 115 survivors and 1995 died, though a third or more died in the water after abandoning ship, not "on the Bismarck".

Answer 4

252