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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
* She was sunk on her first operation on May 27, 1941 in the North Atlantic following incapacitating damage.
 
* She was sunk on her first operation on May 27, 1941 in the North Atlantic following incapacitating damage.
* Subsequent expeditions have shown that she was more likely scuttled by her crew. However, even though the British forces couldn't deliver the killing blow, it is undeniable that they would have eventually sunk her.
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* Subsequent expeditions have shown that she was more likely scuttled by her crew. However, it is undeniable that the British fleet would have sunk her eventually.
 
* She was responsible for sinking the world's largest battlecruiser, the British [[Wikipedia:HMS Hood (51)|HMS Hood (51)]].
 
* She was responsible for sinking the world's largest battlecruiser, the British [[Wikipedia:HMS Hood (51)|HMS Hood (51)]].
 
* She & her sister ''Tirpitz'' were the largest ever built by Nazi Germany & any European power.
 
* She & her sister ''Tirpitz'' were the largest ever built by Nazi Germany & any European power.
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