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Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Admiral Scheer, Graf Spee, Luetzow, Prinz Eugen, Admiral Hipper, Bluecher, Seydlitz On the morning of 27 May Admiral Tovey manoeuvred his squadron so that it would approach the Bismarck from the west and have the target silhouetted by the morning light. The battleships, King George V and Rodney, sailed in line abreast about 550 meter (600 yards) apart toward the last reported position of the enemy.
