Firstly I have to say that the Bismarck is my favourite vessel of all time.

Ok with the out of the way what I really hate about the Bismarck is that she over glorified I mean I have two books about Battleships and she takes up about 4 pages all by herself, yes she was the most powerful ship in the Kriegsmarine and yes she did sink HMS Hood, but other that she did virtually nothing to help the Germans win the war, on her first sortie into the Atlantic she got herself sunk, heck she didn't even get into the Atlantic. There are songs about 'Sink the Bismark' and how she made Britains afraid when she was at sea, what a load of heap, she was one ship and her and her sister Tirpitz were never going to take on the RN and win the war for the Germans.

These raids that the Germans did, did nothing except sink a few ships and divert ships from Britains defence which ended in not winning the war, they were never going to 'starve Britain into submission' with there Navy at the time. Even if the Germans could divert the ships from Britains defense they still wouldn't have had enough ships themselves to take on the RN.

Anyway ranting over back to the point

Although I like the Bismarck itself I would have to lean towards the Yamato although the German range finding equippment would have came in handy in a night engagment. I think the Yamato's sheer size over the Bismarck would win the engagment for her, although I do not think that she would walk away unhurt from the battle. The only way the Bismarck could have won was a lucky shot into a magazine or onto the propeller shafts and literally make yamato a sitting duck.

But I am going with the Yamato.

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