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The Bismark and its sister
ship the Tirpitz were technically in compliance with the Washington
Treaty System. The ships were not considered to be in violation
of the treaty because Germany had initially adopted the treaties
only "in principle," and their final accession to the
Anglo-German Naval Treaty contained a size escalation clause that
made capital ships under 45,000-tons "legal."
The Bismark was sunk by British forces in the mid-Atlantic on
May 27, 1941. The Tirpitz was sunk in the Norwegian Tromso fjord
on November 11, 1944. Photos courtesy Naval Historical Center, Washington,
DC.
Germany's battleship, the Bismark.
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