SMS Bismarck



Bismarck is the first of nine Bismarck-class battleships built for the Imperial German Navy during the mid 1930's. Named after Chancellor Otto von Bismarck the ship was laid down at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg in July 1932, and launched two and a half years later in February 1934. Work was completed in August 1934 when she was commissioned into the German fleet. Bismarck and her sister ships are the largest battleships ever built by Germany, and the Bismarck class are largest battleships built by any European power.

Construction
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Service History
In 1935 Bismarck circumnavigated the world.