SMS Bismarck

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:HMS_Renown
gptkb:HMS_Ark_Royal
gptkb:HMS_Prince_of_Wales
gptkb:HMS_Hood
gptkb:HMS_Rodney
gptkb:HMS_Eagle
gptkb:HMS_Norfolk
gptkb:HMS_King_George_V
gptkb:HMS_Victorious
gptkb:HMS_Suffolk
gptkbp:armament 12 × 15 cm guns
8 × 38 cm guns
16 × 20 mm guns
gptkbp:armor 320 mm belt
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
May 26-27, 1941
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Blohm_&_Voss
gptkbp:casualties 115
gptkbp:class gptkb:Bismarck-class
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Eugen_Lindemann
gptkbp:commissioned August 24, 1940
gptkbp:crew_size 2,221
gptkbp:currentLocation June 8, 1989
15,000 feet deep
gptkbp:decommissioned 1941
gptkbp:defeated gptkb:North_Atlantic_Ocean
May 27, 1941
gptkbp:displacement 50,000 tons
gptkbp:famous_for being one of the largest battleships ever built
sinking_HMS_Hood
gptkbp:famousQuote The_Bismarck_is_sinking!
gptkbp:fate sank after battle
sunk_by_British_forces
gptkbp:historical_significance symbol_of_German_naval_power
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:World_War_II
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SMS Bismarck
gptkbp:inspiration numerous books and films
gptkbp:launched February 14, 1939
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Hamburg
gptkbp:length 251 meters
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Bismarck
gptkbp:notableArtists gptkb:Battle_of_the_Denmark_Strait
sank by torpedoes
gptkbp:operates_in Kriegsmarine
gptkbp:operationalRange 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:secondary_mission Operation Rheinübung
gptkbp:significantEvent Operation Catapult
gptkbp:sister_ship SMS Tirpitz
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:type capital ship
gptkbp:vesselType 2