The Nazis named a battleship after Otto von Bismarck

Otto von Bismarck had a ship named after him, which is an interesting fact about him. In August 1940, the Bismarck was commissioned into the Kriegsmarine, Nazi Germany's navy. It was the first battleship built after World War I and the largest battleship Germany had ever created.

It carried more than 41,000 metric tons (40,000 long tons) and reached a top speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) when equipped with a battery of eight 38 cm (15 in) cannons. Bismarck was laid down in July 1936 and completed in September 1940. Although the German naval command intended to use the ship as long-range commerce raiders against British shipping in the Atlantic Ocean, it was built with the traditional function of attacking enemy battleships in home waters in mind. As a result, their design exemplified the strategic illogic that characterized German naval building in the 1930s.

The Bismarck began its first campaign to cut off Britain's supply in the North Atlantic on May 18, 1941. The HMS Hood was sunk in the Denmark Strait on May 24 as a result of an engagement between the Bismarck and two Royal Navy vessels. The Royal Navy pursued the Bismarck in a titanic naval chase until sinking it on May 27 with a combined ship and aircraft attack.