The bombardment Attack killed Killing 1,297 French servicemen , sank a battleship and damaged Damaging five ships , for a British loss Earnings_and_losses of five aircraft shot Use_firearm down and two crewmen killed Killing .

The formal surrender Surrendering of Japan ceremony took place Process_start aboard the battleship in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945 .

The last battle Hostile_encounter of the German battleship `` Bismarck '' took place Process_start in the Atlantic Ocean approximately west of Brest , France , on 26–27 May 1941 .

This allowed Preventing_or_letting the British to triangulate the approximate position of the `` Bismarck '' and aircraft were dispatched Sending to hunt Scrutiny for the German battleship .

Operation Goodwood was a series of British carrier air raids Attack conducted Action against the German battleship `` Tirpitz '' at her anchorage in Kaafjord in occupied Norway during late August 1944 .

In three heavy bomber raids Attack conducted Action during September and October 1944 , the battleship was first crippled Destroying and then sunk .

Operation Mascot was an unsuccessful British carrier air raid Attack conducted Action against the German battleship `` Tirpitz '' at her anchorage in Kaafjord , Norway , on 17 July 1944 .

The attack Attack was one of a series of strikes Attack against the battleship launched Motion from aircraft carriers between April and August 1944 , and was initiated Process_start after Allied intelligence determined Deciding that the damage inflicted Causation during the Operation Tungsten raid Attack on 3 April had been repaired .

Few of the British airmen were able to spot Know the battleship , and their attacks Attack did not inflict Causation any significant damage Damaging .

in august 1944 , the royal navy conducted Action operation goodwood , four more carrier raids Attack against `` tirpitz '' which also failed Agree_or_refuse_to_act and the task of sinking the battleship was transferred Giving to the royal air force .