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German battleship Bismarck
Ship name: KMS Bismarck
Ship type: battleship
Ship class: Bismarck
Launched: 14 February 1939
Commissioned: 24 August 1940
Complement: 2065 men
Displacement: 50405 tonnes (maximum)
Main Armament: 8 x 380 mm L/52 SK C/34 (4 × 2)
Secondary Armament: 12 × 150 mm L/55 SK-C/28 (6 × 2)
Armour: belt – 320 mm, turrets – 360 mm, main deck – 100 to 120 mm
Lenght: 250,50 m
Beam: 36 m
Draught: 9,3 – 10,2 m
Range: 8525 nmi (15788 km) at 19 knots
Speed: 29 knots
Machinery output: 150 170 shp (111 980 kW)
Fate: sunk by Royal Navy on 27 May 1941 (North Atlantic)

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