Navy Patrol #3

When a German U-boat strikes a British convoy crossing the Atlantic in 1955, the destroyer escort springs into action—but the real threat lurks ahead: the Bismarck has broken out into open waters, and the captain must make a desperate choice between protecting the merchant ships and joining the hunt for the battleship that could devastate Britain's lifeline. Faced with the knowledge that the convoy's cargo must reach port, he sets a course toward danger, leaving his charges to fend for themselves in enemy waters.

In the dark days of 1941, a British patrol spots the German battleship Bismarck attempting a dangerous break-out into the Atlantic—a move that could devastate England's vital sea convoys. Naval Command springs into action, mustering the Home Fleet to block the German escape route, but the British forces face a tough challenge: aging battle cruisers, untested new ships, and only one vessel truly regarded as a match for the mighty Bismarck. With the German ships now vanished into the Norwegian night, the hunt is on.

During the Denmark Strait engagement of May 1941, the Suffolk and Norfolk track the German warships Bismarck and Prinz Eugen through fog, sending crucial position reports that summon the Hood and Prince of Wales to intercept. What follows is a devastating naval clash where British and German guns meet in a deadly duel, with the outcome far grimmer than the Allied forces anticipated.

When the British battleship Hood is sunk, the Royal Navy mobilizes a massive task force to track down and destroy the German battleship Bismarck before she can escape to safety. As cruisers, destroyers, and carrier aircraft pursue the damaged warship through treacherous North Atlantic waters, the British must overcome fog, dwindling fuel, and the Bismarck's desperate evasive tactics to stop the target before darkness falls.

When the British lose contact with the German battleship Bismarck in the Atlantic, a desperate chase begins with dwindling fuel and fading odds—until a reconnaissance plane spots her heading toward the safety of the French coast. The British naval command faces an impossible gamble: they must slow the mighty warship down before she reaches German air protection, and their only shot is a squadron of carrier-based torpedo planes from Task Force H. Watch fifteen aircraft race against the clock in a savage aerial assault to pull off a hundred-to-one shot.

The British task force closes in on the crippled Bismarck, trapped and wounded in the North Atlantic—but sinking her proves far harder than anyone anticipated. As the Royal Navy's battleships pour concentrated fire at close range, the German capital ship refuses to go down, forcing her captors into a desperate race against time and the elements. This is a tense, relentless account of one of World War II's most brutal naval conclusions.

When a German U-boat ambushes an unescorted convoy in the Atlantic, the merchant crews refuse to abandon their vital wartime cargo despite mounting losses and dwindling hope. In "...Aftermath!" from Navy Patrol #3, desperate merchant seamen fight fires and dodge shells while praying for the destroyers to return—and learning just how high the stakes of convoy duty really are.