Yayiyintoni inqanawa yemfazwe iBismarck?
Context:I-Bismarck yayingowokuqala kwiinqanawa ezimbini zokulwa ze-Bismarck-class ezakhelwe i-Kriegsmarine yaseJamani yamaNazi. Ebizwa emva ko Mongameli uOtto von Bismarck, le nqanawa yabekwa kwindawo yokwakha iinqanawa eBlohm & Voss eHamburg ngoJulayi 1936 kwaye yaqaliswa ngoFebhuwari 1939. Umsebenzi wagqitywa ngoAgasti 1940, xa wayethunyelwa kumkhosi waseJamani. I-Bismarck kunye nenqanawa yayo udadewabo iTirpitz yayiyeyona nqanawa yemfazwe inkulu eyakhe yakhiwa yiJamani, kwaye ezimbini zezona zinkulu zakhiwa ngawo nawaphi na amandla aseYurophu.  Ngexesha leenyanga ezisibhozo zomsebenzi wenqanawa yemfazwe, i-Bismarck yaqhuba kuphela umsebenzi omnye wokuhlasela owathatha iintsuku ezisibhozo ngoMeyi 1941, igama lekhowudi iRheinübung. Le nqanawa, kunye nenqanawa enzima yePrinz Eugen, yayiza kungena kuLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki ize ihlasele iinqanawa zeManyano ukusuka eMntla Melika ukuya eNgilani. Ezi nqanawa zimbini zabonwa izihlandlo eziliqela ngaphandle kweScandinavia, kwaye amaqela aselwandle aseBritane athunyelwa ukuvala indlela yazo. Kwidabi laseDenmark Strait, i-battlecruiser i-HMS Hood ekuqaleni yazibandakanya ne-Prinz Eugen, mhlawumbi ngempazamo, ngelixa i-HMS Prince yaseWales yazibandakanya ne-Bismarck. Kwimfazwe elandelayo iHood yatshatyalaliswa ngumlilo odityanisiweyo kaBismarck kunye noPrinz Eugen, owathi emva koko wonakalisa iPrince of Wales kwaye wayinyanzela ukuba ibuye umva. I-Bismarck yafumana umonakalo owaneleyo kwiziganeko ezintathu zePrince of Wales ukunyanzelisa ukuphela komsebenzi wokuhlasela.  Ukutshatyalaliswa kweHood kwakhokelela ekulandeleni okungakhathaliyo yiRoyal Navy ebandakanya inqwaba yeenqanawa zemfazwe. Kwiintsuku ezimbini kamva, ehamba isiya eFransi ukuze alungise, iBismarck yahlaselwa ziinqwelomoya ezilishumi elinesihlanu zeFairey Swordfish torpedo ukusuka kwinqanawa yenqwelomoya i-HMS Ark Royal; enye yafumana impumelelo eyenza ukuba i-gear yokulawula inqanawa ingasebenzi. Kwidabi lakhe lokugqibela ngentsasa elandelayo, iBismarck esele ikhubazekile yabandakanyeka kwiinqanawa ezimbini zemfazwe zaseBritane kunye neenqanawa ezimbini ezinzima, kwaye yafumana umonakalo ongenakulungiseka kunye nelahleko enkulu yobomi. Inqanawa yatshiswa ukuze kuthintelwe ukuba ingaqhutywa ngamaNgesi, kwaye ukuvumela inqanawa ukuba ishiywe ukuze kuncitshiswe ukulimala okungakumbi. Uninzi lweengcali ziyavuma ukuba umonakalo wedabi wawuza kuyenza itshone ekugqibeleni.  Le nqanawa yafunyanwa ngoJuni 1989 nguRobert Ballard, kwaye sele ihlolisisiwe ngamanye amaqela.
IBismarck yayiyinqanawa yemfazwe eyakhelwe iJamani kwiMfazwe yeHlabathi yesiBini. Emva komlo omnye apho yanceda ukucwina inqanawa iHMS Hood iBismarck yaba licebo eliphambili lomkhosi wamanzi waseBritane kwaye yacwiliswa yimikhosi yaseJamani emva kokubandezeleka ngomonakalo omkhulu emva kweenyanga ezisi-8 kuphela zenkonzo.