http://worldwartwo.darkbb.com/the-atlantic-f11/-t1.htm Discuss naval warfare, air, battles, ect. that took place in the Atlantic. Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:21:39 GMT 10 http://i49.servimg.com/u/f49/12/99/78/32/72036813.gif http://worldwartwo.darkbb.com/the-atlantic-f11/-t1.htm http://worldwartwo.darkbb.com/the-atlantic-f11/operation-wikinger-t11.htm Admin Operation Wikinger (German for Viking) was a sortie into the North Sea by the 1st Destroyer Flotilla of the Kriegsmarine, in February 1940. During this operation, poor inter-service communication and cooperation between the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe and inexperience resulted in the loss of two German ships through friendly fire bombing and German or British mines. No Allied forces were involved. The Atlantic Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:20:58 GMT http://worldwartwo.darkbb.com/the-atlantic-f11/operation-wikinger-t11.htm#14 http://worldwartwo.darkbb.com/the-atlantic-f11/operation-wikinger-t11.htm http://worldwartwo.darkbb.com/the-atlantic-f11/the-battle-of-the-denmark-strait-t12.htm Admin The Battle of the Denmark Strait was a World War II naval conflict between ships of the British Royal Navy and the German Kriegsmarine. The British battleship Prince of Wales and the battlecruiser Hood fought the German battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, both of which were attempting to break out into the North Atlantic to destroy Allied merchant shipping. Less than ten minutes after the British opened fire, a shell from Bismarck struck Hood near her aft ammunition ... The Atlantic Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:21:39 GMT http://worldwartwo.darkbb.com/the-atlantic-f11/the-battle-of-the-denmark-strait-t12.htm#15 http://worldwartwo.darkbb.com/the-atlantic-f11/the-battle-of-the-denmark-strait-t12.htm