Class and type: Bismarck-class battleship
Displacement:
41,700 t (41,000 long tons) standard
50,300 tons of steel (49,500 long tons of steel) full loadLength:
241.6 m (792 ft 8 in) waterline
251 m (823 ft 6 in) overall
Beam 36 m (118 ft 1 in)
Draft 9.3 m (30 ft 6 in) standardInstalled power: 12 × Wagner superheated boilers (148,116 shaft horsepower)
Propulsion: 3 × geared turbines, 3 × screw propellers
Top Speed: 30 knots (55.58 kph/34.53 mph)
Range: 8,870 nmi (16,430 km/10,210 mi) at 19 knots (35 kph/22 mph)
Complement: 103 officers, 1,962 enlisted men
Sensors and processing systems:
FuMO 23 Seetakt radar
2x Gruppenhorchgerät (GHG) HydrophonesArmament:
8 × 380mm (15 in) SK C/34 (4 × 2) (Primary Weapons)12 × 150mm (5.9 in) SK C/28 (6 × 2) (Secondaries)
16 × 105mm (4.1 in) SK C/33 (8 × 2) (AAA)
16 × 37mm (1.5 in) SK C/30 (8 × 2) (AAA)
12 × 20mm (0.79 in) MG C/30 (12 × 1) (AA)
(Pedestal Mount 10x)
(Single weapon station "Army Mount" 2x)
2 x 20mm (0.79 in) Flakverling C/38 (2 x 4) (AA)
(Note, these weapons were mounted post-launch in April 1941)
Armor:
Belt: 320 mm (12.6 in)
Turrets: 360 mm (14.2 in)
Main deck: 100–120 mm (3.9–4.7 in)Aircraft carried: 4 × Arado Ar 196 floatplanes
Aviation facilities 1 double ended catapult for launching aircraft
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Builder: Blohm & Voss Hamburg
Namesake: Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck
Laid down: 1st July 1936
Launched: February 14th 1939
Commissioned: 24th August 1940
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