Menene jirgin yakin Bismarck?
Context:Bismarck shi ne na farko na biyu Bismarck-aji battleships gina domin Nazi Jamus ta Kriegsmarine. An kira shi bayan Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, an kafa jirgin a tashar jirgin ruwa na Blohm & Voss a Hamburg a watan Yulin 1936 kuma an kaddamar da shi a watan Fabrairun 1939. An kammala aikin a watan Agustan 1940, lokacin da aka ba shi izini a cikin rundunar jiragen ruwa na Jamus. Bismarck da 'yar'uwarta jirgi Tirpitz sune manyan jiragen ruwa da Jamus ta gina, kuma biyu daga cikin manyan jiragen ruwa da aka gina ta kowane ikon Turai.  A cikin aikin watanni takwas na jirgin ruwa, Bismarck ya gudanar da wani aiki ne kawai wanda ya ɗauki kwanaki 8 a watan Mayu 1941, mai suna Rheinübung. Jirgin, tare da jirgin ruwa mai nauyi Prinz Eugen, ya shiga cikin Tekun Atlantika kuma ya kai hari kan jiragen ruwa na Allied daga Arewacin Amurka zuwa Burtaniya. An gano jiragen ruwa guda biyu sau da yawa daga Scandinavia, kuma an tura rundunonin sojan ruwa na Birtaniya don toshe hanyarsu. A yakin Denmark Strait, jirgin ruwa mai suna HMS Hood ya fara shiga Prinz Eugen, mai yiwuwa ta hanyar kuskure, yayin da HMS Prince of Wales ya shiga Bismarck. A cikin yaƙin da ya biyo baya, Bismarck da Prinz Eugen sun haɗu da Hood, wanda ya lalata Prince of Wales kuma ya tilasta ta koma baya. Bismarck ya sha wahala sosai daga hare-haren uku da Yarima na Wales ya yi don tilasta kawo karshen aikin.  Rushewar Hood ya haifar da bin bindigar da Royal Navy ta yi ba tare da yin amfani da jiragen ruwa ba. Kwana biyu bayan haka, zuwa Faransa da aka mamaye don yin gyare-gyare, Bismarck ya kai farmaki da 'yan bindiga goma sha biyar na Fairey Swordfish daga jirgin saman jirgin sama na HMS Ark Royal; daya ya zira kwallaye wanda ya sa kayan aiki na jirgin ya zama ba zai iya aiki ba. A cikin yakin karshe a safiya mai zuwa, Bismarck da aka yi wa rauni ya shiga cikin yakin basasa biyu na Birtaniya da kuma manyan jiragen ruwa biyu, kuma sun ci gaba da lalacewa da kuma asarar rayuka. An nutsar da jirgin don hana shi shiga cikin Birtaniya, kuma don ba da damar barin jirgin don rage ƙarin asarar rayuka. Yawancin masana sun yarda cewa lalacewar yaƙin zai sa ta nutse a ƙarshe.  Robert Ballard ne ya gano jirgin a watan Yunin 1989, kuma tun daga wannan lokacin wasu masu bincike da yawa sun bincika shi.
Bismarck wani jirgin yaƙi ne da aka gina don Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Jamus a Yaƙin Duniya na 2. Bayan wani tashin hankali inda ya taimaka wajen nutse jirgin HMS Hood Bismarck ya zama babban burin sojan ruwan Burtaniya kuma sojojin Jamus sun nutsar da shi bayan da ya sha wahala bayan watanni 8 na sabis.