Bismarck class

GPTKB entity

Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:aircraft 4
gptkbp:antiSubmarineWarfare 16 × 2 cm Flak 38
gptkbp:armament 8 × 38 cm guns
gptkbp:armor 320 mm
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Blohm_&_Voss
gptkbp:casualties few crew members rescued
gptkbp:celebrates various memorials and tributes
gptkbp:class gptkb:Bismarck-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned 1939
gptkbp:constructionMaterial approximately 100 million Reichsmarks
gptkbp:crewSize 2,200
gptkbp:culturalImpact featured in films and documentaries
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:North_Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:decommissioned 1941
gptkbp:defeated gptkb:HMS_King_George_V
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:design high speed and heavy armor
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:German_Navy
gptkbp:displacement 50,000 tons
gptkbp:famousFor sinking_of_HMS_Hood
gptkbp:fate sunk
gptkbp:finaleDate gptkb:Battle_of_the_Denmark_Strait
gptkbp:firstClaim gptkb:Battle_of_the_Denmark_Strait
gptkbp:historicalImpact shifted naval warfare strategies
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:historicalSignificance one of the most famous battleships
gptkbp:homePort Gdynia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bismarck class
gptkbp:launched 1939-02-14
gptkbp:legacy influenced post-war battleship design
gptkbp:length 251 meters
gptkbp:majorIndustry 12 × 15 cm SK C/28 guns
8 × 38 cm SK C/34 guns
gptkbp:militaryService surface raiding
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Denmark_Strait
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkbp:numberBuilt 2
gptkbp:operationalHistory brief but impactful
gptkbp:operationalRange 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:operationalStatus sunk
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:radar FuMO 23
gptkbp:secondaryMission attempt_to_disrupt_Allied_shipping
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip Tirpitz
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:strategicGoals capital ship
gptkbp:torpedoSystem 4 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes