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Bismarck
Laid down: Blohm & Voß Hamburg, 01.07.1936 (Slipway 1)
Launched: 14.02.1939
Commissioned: 24.08.1940
Fate: sunk 27.05.1941 (North Atlantic)

Tirpitz
Laid down: Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven 02.11.1936 (Slipway 2)
Launched: 01.04.1939
Commissioned: 25.02.1941
Fate: sunk 12.11.1944 (Norway)

Gneisenau
Laid down: Deutsche Werke Kiel, 06.05.1935 (Slipway 1)
Launched: 08.12.1936
Commissioned: 21.05.1938
Fate: sunk as a blockade ship March 1945 (Gotenhafen /Gdynia)

Scharnhorst
Laid down: Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven, 15.06.1935 (Slipway 2)
Launched: 03.10.1936
Commissioned: 07.01.1939
Fate: sunk 25.12.1943 (North Cape)