Following the sinking of the HMS Hood and the loss of 1,415 sailors on May 24, 1941, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill commanded that the offending ship, the Bismarck, be hunted down and sunk in retribution. "Sink the Bismarck!" became a rallying cry of the Royal Navy and the Bismarck was found and damaged on the 26th, and finally sunk the following day.
"Sink the Bismark" (later "Sink the Bismarck"), a novelty song written by country music singer Johnny Horton and Tillman Franks, was released in 1960.
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