<img src="http://images.quizilla.com/T/TJHairball/1072353421_bismarck.JPG" border="0" alt="Bismark"><br>The <i>Bismarck.</i>

Pride and joy of Nazi Germany. (Bismarck and<br>Tirpitz)

A legendary ship that sank the famous HMS Hood, and<br>the most powerful German warship ever built. A<br>crew topping 2000 men, full displacement just<br>past 50,000 tons, and four paired 15 inch guns<br>laid out a flexible and potent warship,<br>potentially a match for just about any other<br>warship in the North Sea. Unfortunately, in<br>spite of good German optics and impressive<br>statistics, the Bismark ended up getting<br>toasted. Poorly supported by a relatively weak<br>German navy, it also suffered from poor radar,<br>bad fire control, and poor deck protection from<br>long ranged fire. The Bismarck was designed<br>with an eye towards the Baltic battles of WWI,<br>and would have done very well in that<br>situation.

<i>50,932 tons
30 knots
4x2 15/47
12 5.9/55
16 4.1/45
16 37mm
78 20mm</i>
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