German battleship Bismarck

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/German_battleship_Bismarck
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:armament gptkb:12_×_2_cm_FlaK_30_guns
gptkb:16_×_3.7_cm_SK_C/30_guns
gptkb:8_×_38_cm_SK_C/34_guns
12 × 15 cm SK C/28 guns
16 × 10.5 cm SK C/33 guns
gptkbp:armorBelt 320 mm
gptkbp:armorConningTower 220–350 mm
gptkbp:armorDeck 50–120 mm
gptkbp:armorTurrets 130–360 mm
gptkbp:beam 36 m
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Blohm_&_Voss
gptkbp:captain gptkb:Ernst_Lindemann
gptkbp:category gptkb:Bismarck-class_battleships
1939 ships
Shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean
World War II battleships of Germany
gptkbp:class gptkb:Bismarck-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned 24 August 1940
gptkbp:complement 2,092–2,200
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:crewLost over 2,000
gptkbp:crewSurvivors 114
gptkbp:displacement 41,700 tonnes
gptkbp:draught 9.3 m
gptkbp:fate Sunk by British forces
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Operation_Rheinübung
gptkbp:fullLoadDisplacement 50,300 tonnes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German battleship Bismarck
gptkbp:laidDown 1 July 1936
gptkbp:launched 14 February 1939
gptkbp:length 251 m
gptkbp:maximumSpeed 30.01 knots
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Otto_von_Bismarck
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Pursuit_of_Bismarck
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Denmark_Strait
gptkb:Sinking_of_HMS_Hood
gptkbp:notableFor sinking of HMS Hood
one of the largest battleships built by Germany
subject of extensive naval pursuit
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:3_Blohm_&_Voss_geared_steam_turbines
gptkbp:range 8,870 nautical miles at 16 knots
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:Tirpitz
gptkbp:sunkBy 27 May 1941
gptkbp:wreckDiscovered gptkb:Robert_Ballard
gptkbp:wreckDiscoveredYear 1989
gptkbp:wreckLocation gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Expedition:_Bismarck
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5