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Battleship BismarckGerman Battleships WW2 Bismarck Battleship - German Navy WW2. Battleship Bismarck, a 41,673-ton battleship, was built at Hamburg, Germany. First of a class of two heavy ships, with Tirpitz being the second, she was commissioned in August 1940 and spent the rest of that year running trials and continuing her outfitting.
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Navy.mil Home Page (second class battleship) Sunk by explosion 15 Feb 1898; Floated and scuttled at sea 16 Mar 1912. USS Texas --. 15 Aug 1895 / 1 Feb 1911. (Considered the first U.S. Navy battleship) Sunk as target 22 Mar 1911; struck 11 Oct 1911.
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Fleets 1939 The fleets in September 1939 with ship classes, ships under construction and deployment of the Royal Navy, French and German navies. ROYAL NAVY. At the beginning of the War, the Royal Navy was the most powerful in the world. It had the largest number of ships and a network of naval bases and coaling stations around the globe. Before mobilisation the strength of the Navy was 9,762 officers and 109,170 ratings.
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Emma Maerskâs WÃ¤rtsilÃ¤-Sulzer Super Ship Engine â Part 2 The  Emma Maersk’s Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel ship engine is the most powerful and most efficient prime-mover of super ships in the world today. The RTA96-C is the largest engine in the world and is available in 6 through 14 cylinder versions, all are inline engines. These engines were designed primarily for very large container ships but similar large diesel engines run large ships of all kinds. Ship owners like the combination of a single engine and single propeller for reasons of efficiency and cost of production vs operation of these mega-vessels.
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Warship Yamato, Largest LEGO Ship Ever Built The LEGO warship is built at a scale of 1/40, weighs over 150 kilograms, measures 6.6 meters from bow to stern and is 1 meter wide at the widest point of the ship. Jumpei Mitsui finished the LEGO Yamato on April 9, 2009 and he deserves our congratulations. Well done my friend.
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NEW WARS Here is the list, not including vessels of the same class, of the greatest Dreadnoughts ever to sail the seas: 1). Japanese Yamato-72,809 tons. This massive behemoth was built in such secrecy, the Allies knew little of her specifications until after the war.
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Top 10 Most Famous Ships in History But World War Two wasn’t the only action the massive 45,000 ton battleship was to sea in her lifetime; decommissioned after the war, she was reactivated and sent to fight during the Korean War, and again in 1984, when she became part of Ronald Reagan’s 600-ship fleet plan.
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How many ships did the German battleship Bismarck sink? At the Battle of the Denmark Strait, Bismarck engaged and destroyed the battlecruiser HMS Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy, and forced the battleship HMS Prince of Wales to retreat; Bismarck was hit three times and suffered an oil leak from a ruptured tank.
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World War II: Bismarck Bismarck - Early Career: Commissioned in August 1940, the German Kriegsmarine envisioned using Bismarck as a raider to attack British convoys in the North Atlantic during World War II. With its 15 guns, the battleship would be able to attack from a distance, inflicting maximum damage while placing itself at minimal risk.
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This Giant Ship Ships Ships It operates 19 heavy lift transport ships, the world's largest such fleet. The MV Blue Marlin is the crown jewel among that armada. At 738-feet long, with a gross tonnage of 56,000 metric tons, and a deck larger than two American football fields, it's the largest semi-submersible ship on Earth. The Blue Marlin is outfitted with 38 cabins, accommodates 60 people, and even features a workout room, sauna and swimming facilities.
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Al Wilson â The Snake On her way to work one morning. Down the path along side the lake. A tender hearted woman saw a poor half frozen snake. His pretty colored skin had been all frosted with the dew. Poor thing, she cried, I'll take you in and I'll take care of you. Take me in tender woman. Take me in, for heaven's sake. Take me in, tender woman, sighed the snake.
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How many German battleships were sunk in World War 2? Six German Battleships were sunk in WW II, by German definitions, although only two were widely considered as true modern battleships. Bismarck and her sister, Tirpitz were splendidly armored, and armed modern battleships.
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Top 10 Destroyers The Zumwalt class warships are the largest destroyer ever built. Actually in terms of size, displacement and armament these are closer to cruisers rather than destroyers. The Zumwalt class ships are even larger than Ticonderoga class cruisers. These new vessels sport cutting-edge technology and are stealthy to radars.
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Largest Viking ship in the world on the way to British Museum Largest Viking ship in the world on the way to British Museum. The largest Viking ship ever found, a 118 foot troop carrier, is to go on display at the British museum 1,000 years after it helped King Canute control the seas of northern Europe. The long boat, known as Roskilde 6 because it was part of a batch found in the Danish city, is slowly being dried out in giant steel tanks.
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10. Blohm & Voss BV 238 The Blohm & Voss BV 238 was a German flying boat built during World War II. It was the heaviest aircraft ever flown when it first flew in 1944, and was the largest aircraft produced by any of the Axis powers in World War II.
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The world's largest and most powerful aircraft carriers, in pictures Nimitz Class, with a full load displacement of 97,000 tonnes, is the world's largest aircraft carrier. The first carrier in the class was deployed in May 1975, while the tenth and last ship, USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), was commissioned in January 2009.
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The Battle of Kursk, Germanyâs last grand offensive on the Eastern Front and the largest ever tank battle the worldâs ever seen, began 4 July 1943. The Battle of Kursk – a summary Posted on July 4, 2010 by admin The Battle of Kursk, Germany’s last grand offensive on the Eastern Front and the largest ever tank battle the world’s ever seen, began 4 July 1943. The industrial city of Kursk, 320 miles south of Moscow, had been captured by the Germans in November 1941, during the early stages of the Nazi-Soviet war, and retaken by the Soviets in February 1943.
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The Hindenburg disaster The airship Hindenburg, the largest dirigible ever built and the pride of Nazi Germany, bursts into flames upon touching its mooring mast in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 passengers and crewmembers. Frenchman Henri Giffard constructed the first successful airship in 1852.
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- Germany's nuclear ship NS Otto hahn at sea. The NS Otto Hahn's reactor is removed during decommissioning. The German-built NS Otto Hahn is one of only four nuclear powered cargo vessels ever built (the others are the NS Savannah, the Russian container ship Sevmorput, and the Japanese NS Mutsu). Configured to carry passengers and ore, the NS Otto Hahn was powered by a single 38 MW reactor which first achieved criticality in 1968.
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5 Most Lethal Battleship Battles of All Time The British won the race, but not by so far that they could ignore the power of the German High Seas Fleet. When war began, the Royal Navy collected most of its modern battleships into the Grand Fleet, based at Scapa Flow. (Recommended: 5 Most Powerful Air Forces of All Time) The High Seas Fleet and the Grand Fleet spared for nearly three years before the main event.
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- We have a look at the world's ten biggest and most powerful aircraft carriers. Above: Nimitz Class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt as she departed Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia Nimitz Class, with a full load displacement of 97,000 tonnes, is the world's largest aircraft carrier.
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- Both ships were similar in size (Bismarck - 823ft / Titanic - 883ft), but the Bismarck lies on the bottom in a single hull section, save about 34 feet of its stern which parted company with the main section of its hull when it plunged to the bottom.
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What was the the largest German battleship? The Bismarck and Tirpitz were sisterships, but the Tirpitz was a bit larger. Bismarck inflicted severe damage on the British battleship Prince of Wales at the Battle of Denmark Strait, but it was probably the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen which sank the British battle cruiser Hood.
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Battle of Kursk The Battle of Kursk was the largest tank battle to take place in World War II. The two main forces were the Soviet Union and Germany. The battle began on July 4, 1943 and it ended on August 23, 1943. The German codename for this battle was Operation Citadel and along with this battle being one of the biggest tank battles, the Battle of Kursk was also very costly to aerial forces as well.
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What was the the largest German battleship? It was the BISMARCK battleship, which sank Britain's HOOD in 1941 and was sunk itself a few days later in the Atlantic Ocean close to Brest, France.
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- The Bismarck class battleships were a pair of battleships built by Germany around the onset of World War II. In terms of full-load displacement, the Bismarck-class ships were the third-largest battleships ever completed, behind the Japanese Yamato class and the American Iowa class. Battleship Tirpitz.