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Bismarck Battleship
| Specifications | Bismarck
is one of the most famous warships of the Second World War, development history,
combat service, technical data and photos | | The
German Bismarck Battleship is one of the most famous warships of the Second World
War. Named after the 19th century German chancellor Otto von Bismarck, Bismarck's
fame came during the Battle of the Denmark Strait in which the flagship and pride
of the British Royal Navy, the battlecruiser HMS Hood, was sunk in May 1941, for
Churchill's famous order to "Sink the Bismarck" and for the relentless
pursuit by the Royal Navy which ended with her loss only three days later. |
| Ordered | 16 November 1935 |
| Laid down | 1
July 1936 | | Launched | 14
February 1939 | | Commissioned | 24
August 1940 | | Decommissioned | |
| Fate | Scuttled on 27 May 1941 |
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| Displacement | 41,700
t standard
50,900 t full load | | Length | 241.5
m waterline
251 m overall | | Width | 36.0
m | | Draft | 9.3 m standard
10.2 m full load | | Armament | 8
x 380 mm (15 in) (4×2)
12 x 150 mm (5.9 in) (6×2)
16 x 105
mm (4.1 in) (4×2)
16 x 37 mm (8×2)
20 x 20 mm (20 x 1) |
| Aircraft | 4, with 1 double-ended
catapult | | Propulsion | 12
Wagner superheated boilers;
3 Blohm & Voss geared turbines;
3 three-blade
propellers, 4.70 m diameter
150,170 hp (110 MW) = 30.1 knots (54 km/h) trials |
| Range | 9,280 nautical miles (17,200
km) @ 16 knots (30 km/h) | | Complement | 2,200+
(officers, non-commissioned officers, enlisted men and prize crew) |
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