German battleship Bismarck
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Class & type:	Bismarck-class battleship
Builder:	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Laid down:	1 July 1936
Complement: 2 (Bismarck and Tirpiz)
Launched:	14 February 1939
Fate: 	Scuttled following incapacitating battle damage, 
		27 May 1941 in the North Atlantic
		48°10′N 16°12′W


Length:	251 m (823 ft 6 in) 
Beam:	36 m (118 ft 1 in)
Speed:	0.01 knots (55.58 km/h; 34.53 mph) 

Armament:	
8 × 38 cm (15 in) SK C/34 (4 × 2)
12 × 15 cm (5.9 in) SK C/28 (6 × 2)
16 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK C/33 (8 × 2)
16 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30 (8 × 2)
12 × 2 cm (0.79 in) FlaK 30 (12 × 1)
 


