15-inch main guns

First of the Bismark-Class ships

Captain ship 

Named after Otto Von Bismark

Most powerful and largest German ship

Destroyed the main British battlecruiser, HMS Hood in 7 minutes 

Destroyers once taunted the Bismark

Sank by torpedo bombers from the carrier Ark Royal

Hitler predicted the weak spot would cause the ships sinking and was right.

52,600 tons in displacement