Ship Main guns Displacement Propulsion Service Laid down Commissioned Fate Bismarck 8 × 38 cm (15 in)[83] 50,300 t (49,500 long tons)[84] 3 screws, steam turbines, 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)[84] 1936[84] 28 April 1940[83] Sunk on 27 May 1941[83] Tirpitz 8 × 38 cm (15 in)[83] 52,600 t (51,800 long tons)[84] 3 screws, geared steam turbines, 30.8 kn (57.0 km/h; 35.4 mph)[84] 1936[84] 25 February 1941[83] Sunk on 12 November 1944, scrapped 1948–1957[83]