Wasn't the 35,000 ton limit part of the Treaty of Versailles? (Actually, I did some websurfing on this; the Bismarck was not in fact in violation of the 1935 Anglo-German naval agreement.)
Also, might add a link to Otto Von Bismarck, not to mention that the ship was named after him.
What exactly does "largest battleship of its time" mean? There have been some larger ships (Iowa, Yamato). --
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