Bismarck

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German warship World War II naval ship battleship

Bismarck was a famous German World War II battleship renowned for its powerful armament, heavy armor, and dramatic sinking after a major North Atlantic pursuit.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bismarck canonical 7
Bismarck wreck survey expeditions 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German warship ⓘ
World War II naval ship ⓘ
battleship ⓘ
aircraftCarried Arado Ar 196 ⓘ
surface form: Arado Ar 196 seaplanes
antiAircraftArmament 10.5 cm AA guns ⓘ
2 cm AA guns ⓘ
3.7 cm AA guns ⓘ
armorBeltThickness up to 320 mm ⓘ
armorDeckThickness up to 120 mm ⓘ
armorTurretFaceThickness 360 mm ⓘ
attackedBy Fairey Swordfish ⓘ
surface form: Swordfish torpedo bombers
attackedFrom HMS Ark Royal ⓘ
beam 36 m ⓘ
builder Blohm & Voss ⓘ
builtAt Hamburg ⓘ
commissionedOn 1940-08-24 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
crewComplement over 2000 ⓘ
dateOfHoodSinking 1941-05-24 ⓘ
displacementFullLoad 50000 tons ⓘ
displacementStandard 41700 tons ⓘ
draft 9.3 m ⓘ
engagedBy HMS King George V ⓘ
HMS Rodney ⓘ
engagedShip British battlecruiser HMS Hood ⓘ
surface form: HMS Hood

HMS Prince of Wales ⓘ
firstCombatOperation Operation Rheinübung ⓘ
laidDownOn 1936-07-01 ⓘ
launchedOn 1939-02-14 ⓘ
lengthOverall 251 m ⓘ
mainBattery 8 × 38 cm SK C/34 guns ⓘ
mainBatteryConfiguration 4 twin turrets ⓘ
maximumSpeed 30 knots ⓘ
namedAfter Otto von Bismarck ⓘ
notableFor dramatic sinking after major North Atlantic pursuit ⓘ
heavy armor ⓘ
powerful armament ⓘ
operator Kriegsmarine ⓘ
propulsion steam turbines ⓘ
pursuedBy Royal Navy ⓘ
rudderDamagedOn 1941-05-26 ⓘ
sankShip British battlecruiser HMS Hood ⓘ
surface form: HMS Hood
secondaryBattery 12 × 15 cm guns ⓘ
shipClass Bismarck-class battleship ⓘ
sisterShip Tirpitz ⓘ
sunkBy Royal Navy warships ⓘ
sunkIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
sunkOn 1941-05-27 ⓘ
tookPartIn Battle of the Denmark Strait ⓘ
wreckDepth approximately 4800 m ⓘ
wreckDiscoveredBy Robert Ballard ⓘ
wreckDiscoveredOn 1989-06-08 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kriegsmarine → notableShip → Bismarck ⓘ
Robert Ballard → participatedIn → Bismarck ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bismarck wreck survey expeditions
Operation Rheinübung → fleet → Bismarck ⓘ
Operation Rheinübung → flagship → Bismarck ⓘ
Battle of the Denmark Strait → flagship → Bismarck ⓘ
Battle of the Denmark Strait → GermanShipDamaged → Bismarck ⓘ
Tirpitz → sisterShip → Bismarck ⓘ
battleship HMS Rodney → engagedShip → Bismarck ⓘ
subject surface form: HMS Rodney