The Bismarck

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:aircraft 3 aircraft
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:Battle_of_the_Denmark_Strait
gptkbp:armament 8 × 38 cm guns
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
engaged_by_HMS_King_George_V_and_HMS_Rodney
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Blohm_&_Voss
gptkbp:casualties 110
gptkbp:celebrates various memorials exist
gptkbp:class gptkb:Bismarck-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned August 24, 1940
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:crew 2,200
gptkbp:culturalHeritage featured in films and documentaries
gptkbp:currentLocation approximately 600 miles west of Brest, France
gptkbp:decommissioned 1941
gptkbp:defeated May 27, 1941
gptkbp:displacement 50,000 tons
gptkbp:famous_for gptkb:Captain_Ernst_Lindemann
its_sinking_by_British_forces
gptkbp:fate sunk in battle
gptkbp:historical_analysis studied by historians
gptkbp:historical_significance symbol_of_German_naval_power
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:World_War_II
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Bismarck
gptkbp:launched February 14, 1939
gptkbp:legacy influenced naval warfare tactics
remains a subject of naval lore.
gptkbp:length 251 meters
gptkbp:model scale models exist
gptkbp:notable_event first major naval engagement of World War II
first ship to sink a British battleship in WWII
evaded_British_forces_before_sinking
gptkbp:notable_feature distinctive camouflage paint scheme
gptkbp:notableArtists sank by torpedoes and gunfire
sank_HMS_Hood
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Catapult
gptkbp:operations Operation Rheinübung
gptkbp:powers 150,000 shp
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:releaseYear found in 1989
gptkbp:resolution 320 mm
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:North_Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:sister_ship Tirpitz
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:technology advanced radar systems
gptkbp:theme German_naval_engineering
gptkbp:type warship