Launch of the "Bismarck" in Hamburg, 1939
From left to right: Reich Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, SS-Reichsfuehrer Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Hitler, Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Goering, Reich Minister Rudolf Hess and the envoy Prince Bismarck at the launch of the "Bismarck" on February 14, 1939. With a weight of 41,700 tons and a length of 250.5 m, the Bismarck was the largest battleship of the German Kriegsmarine.