German battleship Bismarck

Bismarck in 1940
History
Namesake:	Otto von Bismarck
Bigger:	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Laid doun:	1 July 1936
Launched:	14 February 1939
Commissioned:	24 August 1940
Honours an awairds:	3 times mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht
Fate:	Scuttled follaein incapacitatin battle damage, 27 Mey 1941 in the North Atlantic 48°10′N 16°12′W
General chairacteristics
Cless an teep:	Bismarck-cless battleship
Displacement:	41,700 t (41,000 long ton; 46,000 short ton) staundart 50,300 t (49,500 long ton; 55,400 short ton) full load
Lenth:	241.6 m (793 ft) waterline 251 m (823 ft) overall
Beam:	36 m (118 ft)
Draft:	9.3 m (31 ft) staundart
Propulsion:	12 Wagner superheated boilers; 3 geared turbines; 3 three-blade screws 150,170 shp (111.98 MW)
Speed:	30.01 knot (55.58 km/h; 34.53 mph) during trials
Range:	8,870 nmi (16,430 km; 10,210 mi) at 19 knot (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement:	103 officers 1,962 enlisted men
Airmament:	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)
Airmour:	Belt: 320 mm (13 in) Turrets: 360 mm (14 in) Main deck: 100 tae 120 mm (3.9 tae 4.7 in)
Aircraft carried:	4 × Arado Ar 196 floatplanes
Aviation facilities:	1 double-endit catapult

Bismarck wis the first o twa Bismarck-cless battleships biggit for the German Kriegsmarine.