The German battleship Bismarck is one of the most famous warships of the Second World War.
Launched on 24 August, 1940, she was the largest warship then commissioned.
Her chief claim to fame came from the Battle of the Denmark Strait in May 1941 in making other battle ships sunk within several minutes.
After that, Fleet Air Arm aircraft torpedoed the ship and jammed her rudder.
On 27 May 194, she was sunk in the North Atalntic.
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