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| ===Equipment Compatibility=== | | ===Equipment Compatibility=== |
| '''Drei''' | | '''Drei''' |
− | * Can equip {{TorpedoWeapon}} [[List of Torpedoes by stats|Torpedo]]. | + | * Can equip {{TorpedoWeapon}} [[:Category:Torpedoes|Torpedo]]. |
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| ===Fit Bonuses=== | | ===Fit Bonuses=== |
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| '''Hidden Fit Bonuses''' | | '''Hidden Fit Bonuses''' |
| * She has accuracy bonuses and penalties when equipped with certain large guns. Please see [[Gun Fit Bonuses]] for mode details. | | * She has accuracy bonuses and penalties when equipped with certain large guns. Please see [[Gun Fit Bonuses]] for mode details. |
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| + | ==Drop Locations== |
| + | {{#invoke:ShipDropTable|returnShipDrop|{{PAGENAME}}}} |
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| ==Voice Lines== | | ==Voice Lines== |
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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− | == Drop Locations ==
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− | {{#invoke:ShipDropTable|returnShipDrop|Bismarck}}
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| + | '''General Information''' |
| * ''Bismarck'' is named after the German chancellor, [[wikipedia:Otto von Bismarck|Otto von Bismarck]]. | | * ''Bismarck'' is named after the German chancellor, [[wikipedia:Otto von Bismarck|Otto von Bismarck]]. |
− | * She received ''zwei'' in the [[Game Updates/2014/April 23rd|April 23rd, 2014 update]]. | + | * She was launched on the 14th February 1939. |
− | * She received ''drei'' in the [[Game Updates/2014/September 26th|September 26th, 2014 update]]. | + | * She was sunk on her first operation, [[wikipedia:Operation Rheinübung|''Operation Rheinübung'']], on May 27, 1941 in the North Atlantic Ocean ([https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=German_battleship_Bismarck¶ms=48_10_N_16_12_W_ 48°10'N 16°12'W]). |
| + | ** [[wikipedia:Fairey_Swordfish|Fairey Swordfishes]] eventually scored a torpedo hit on the rudder, jamming it to starboard & ending Bismarck's retreat to [[wikipedia:Brest,_France|Brest, France]]. |
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| + | '''Update History''' |
| + | * She was added on the [[Game Updates/2014/March 14th|14th March 2014]] as part of the LSC construction pool. |
| + | ** She can only be built with [[Z1]] or [[Z3]] as flagship. |
| + | * She got her ''zwei'' on the [[Game Updates/2014/April 23rd|23rd April 2014 update]]. |
| + | * She got her ''drei'' on the [[Game Updates/2014/September 26th|26th September 2014 update]]. |
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| + | '''Misc''' |
| * Her ''kai'' art is based on her Baltic camouflage applied at [[wikipedia:Kiel_Bay|Kiel Bay]]. Her ''zwei'' art represents her repainting before departing Norway to the Atlantic Ocean during ''[[wikipedia:Operation Rheinübung|Operation Rheinübung]]''. | | * Her ''kai'' art is based on her Baltic camouflage applied at [[wikipedia:Kiel_Bay|Kiel Bay]]. Her ''zwei'' art represents her repainting before departing Norway to the Atlantic Ocean during ''[[wikipedia:Operation Rheinübung|Operation Rheinübung]]''. |
| * The [[:Category:Bismarck Class|''Bismarck''-class]] was the largest built by the European powers. | | * The [[:Category:Bismarck Class|''Bismarck''-class]] was the largest built by the European powers. |
| ** ''Bismarck'' was not initially equipped with torpedo tubes. They are from [[wikipedia:German_battleship_Tirpitz|''Tirpitz'']], which was. | | ** ''Bismarck'' was not initially equipped with torpedo tubes. They are from [[wikipedia:German_battleship_Tirpitz|''Tirpitz'']], which was. |
| * She sunk the world's largest battlecruiser, the [[wikipedia:HMS Hood (51)|''HMS Hood'' (51)]]. | | * She sunk the world's largest battlecruiser, the [[wikipedia:HMS Hood (51)|''HMS Hood'' (51)]]. |
− | * She was sunk on her first operation, [[wikipedia:Operation Rheinübung|''Operation Rheinübung'']], on May 27, 1941 in the North Atlantic Ocean ([https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=German_battleship_Bismarck¶ms=48_10_N_16_12_W_ 48°10'N 16°12'W]).
| + | * Her wreck was discovered in 1989 by [[wikipedia:Robert Ballard|Dr. Robert Ballard]]. |
− | ** [[wikipedia:Fairey_Swordfish|Fairey Swordfishes]] eventually scored a torpedo hit on the rudder, jamming it to starboard & ending Bismarck's retreat to [[wikipedia:Brest,_France|Brest, France]].
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− | ** Her wreck was discovered in 1989 by [[wikipedia:Robert Ballard|Dr. Robert Ballard]].
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| ** Subsequent expeditions have shown a crew-initiated scuttling ensured that it was sooner rather than later. | | ** Subsequent expeditions have shown a crew-initiated scuttling ensured that it was sooner rather than later. |
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| ==See Also== | | ==See Also== |
| * [[{{PAGENAMEE}}/Gallery|View {{PAGENAMEE}}'s CG]] | | * [[{{PAGENAMEE}}/Gallery|View {{PAGENAMEE}}'s CG]] |
− | * [[List of battleships by upgraded maximum stats|List of Battleships]]
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| * [[wikipedia:German_battleship_Bismarck|Wikipedia entry on {{PAGENAMEE}}]] | | * [[wikipedia:German_battleship_Bismarck|Wikipedia entry on {{PAGENAMEE}}]] |
| {{shiplist}} | | {{shiplist}} |
| [[Category:Kriegsmarine Vessels]] | | [[Category:Kriegsmarine Vessels]] |