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===Equipment Compatibility===
 
===Equipment Compatibility===
 
'''Drei'''
 
'''Drei'''
* Can equip {{TorpedoWeapon}}  [[List of Torpedoes by stats|Torpedo]].
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* Can equip {{TorpedoWeapon}}  [[:Category:Torpedoes|Torpedo]].
    
===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==
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{{#invoke:ShipDropTable|returnShipDrop|{{PAGENAME}}}}
    
==Voice Lines==
 
==Voice Lines==
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== Drop Locations ==
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{{#invoke:ShipDropTable|returnShipDrop|Bismarck}}
      
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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'''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]].
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* She was launched on the 14th February 1939.
* She received ''drei'' in the [[Game Updates/2014/September 26th|September 26th, 2014 update]].
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* 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&params=48_10_N_16_12_W_ 48°10'N 16°12'W]).
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** [[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'''
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* She was added on the [[Game Updates/2014/March 14th|14th March 2014]] as part of the LSC construction pool.
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** She can only be built with [[Z1]] or [[Z3]] as flagship.
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* She got her ''zwei'' on the [[Game Updates/2014/April 23rd|23rd April 2014 update]].
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* 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&params=48_10_N_16_12_W_ 48°10'N 16°12'W]).
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* 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]].
   
** 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.  
    
==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]]
   
* [[wikipedia:German_battleship_Bismarck|Wikipedia entry on {{PAGENAMEE}}]]
 
* [[wikipedia:German_battleship_Bismarck|Wikipedia entry on {{PAGENAMEE}}]]
 
{{shiplist}}
 
{{shiplist}}
 
[[Category:Kriegsmarine Vessels]]
 
[[Category:Kriegsmarine Vessels]]
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