The Fairey Swordfish of HMS Ark Royal took over from those aboard HMS Victorious after the first strike against Bismarck. But the rugged biplanes had to find the Nazi battleship in the wild weather of the North Atlantic. And that posed a whole new set of problems - from a 5-hour 35-minute "shadowing" marathon to the first attempted torpedo strike. This almost proved a disaster as, unknown to the Swordfish pilots, HMS Sheffield had been dispatched from Force H to shadow Bismarck. And she lay in a direct line between the aircraft carrier and the target.

Part Two of Three: To be continued ...
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