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Sunday, September 09, 2018


4 comments:

Mudpuddle said...

must be a destroyer? looks like old diesel engine-powered craft alongside...

CyberKitten said...

Oh, it's a bit bigger than a destroyer....

It's the German battleship Bismark. Not sure when/where this was taken. Some time in the 1930's no doubt.

Mudpuddle said...

i'm surprised: i thought it was a lot bigger...

CyberKitten said...

Displacement:

41,700 t (41,000 long tons) standard
50,300 t (49,500 long tons) full load

Length:
241.6 m (792 ft 8 in) waterline
251 m (823 ft 6 in) overall

Beam: 36 m (118 ft 1 in)
Draft: 9.3 m (30 ft 6 in) standard