The launch of the German battleship Bismarck at Blohm & Voss yard at Hamburg on 14 Febr 1939.
Upon commissiong on 24 Aug 1940 Bismarck (45,950 ts / 53,500 ts) was the worlds largest and most powerful battleship, taken into account not only the armament (8 x 15-in main guns) but also the...