Length251 m
11.8 millionthsGreat Walls of China
896Rugby ball lengths
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Bismarck
Nazi Germany's most feared warship, sunk on her maiden voyage/Ships & Boats
The Bismarck was the pride of the German Kriegsmarine and one of the largest battleships ever built by a European power. On her maiden combat voyage in May 1941, she sank HMS Hood in a spectacular explosion, then was hunted across the Atlantic by virtually the entire Royal Navy. She was finally sunk after a torpedo jammed her rudder, leaving her sailing in circles. The metaphor writes itself.
Measurements
Full displacement50.3 million kg
33,533Sedans
111,778Moose
50.3 billionPaperclips
50,300 tonnes fully loaded
Maximum speed15.5 m/s
4.2 hundredths9mm bullets
2.2 tenthsGolf ball drives
About 30 knots
Engine power110 million W
147,453Horses
11 trillionPacemakers
200,000Garage door openers
About 150,000 shaft horsepower
Beam (width)36 m
29.5Shipping pallets
20Bookcase heights
Main gun caliber3.8 tenths m
42.9 millionthsMount Everests
5Hockey puck diameters
380 mm (15-inch) guns