Displ: 41,700 tons standard; 50,900 tons full load 
       (Tirpitz 42,900 standard; 52,600 tons full load) 
Dim: 813.5 x 118 x 28.5 feet
Prop: Steam turbines, 12 boilers, 3 shafts, 138,00 hp, 29 knots
Crew: 2092 (Tirpitz 2608)
Arm: 4 dual 15/47, 6 dual 5.9/55, 8 dual 4.1/65, 8 dual 37 mm, 12 20 mm
Armor: 10.6-12.6 inch belt, 3.1-4.7 inch deck, 14.2 inch turrets, 
       13.8 inch CT
        Designed as long range unsinkable commerce raiders, design
        was based on WWI Baden class.
        
Bismarck
        Built by Blohm & Voss.  Laid down 1 July 1936, launched 14 Feb 1939,
        commissioned 27 Aug 1940.  Pursued by much of the British fleet
        during her first attempt to break out, damaged by 14" shells 
        24 May 1941, later torpedoed, brought into battle 27 May 1941,
        wrecked by gunfire and sunk by torpedoes and scuttling charges.