The RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that finished construction in 1912. The length of the Titanic is 269 meters, and the top cruising speed was 23 knots (about 43 km/h). The Titanic has 16 watertight compartments, and the ship has four large funnels (only three functional). Approximately 2,200 people boarded on its first voyage.

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Titanic's designer was Thomas Andrews, and the company that constructed it was Harland & Wolff in Belfast, Ireland. Its owner was White Star Line. It was built to be the height of comfort at sea. Titanic was one of three “Olympic-class” ships constructed to be the best for luxury and comfort. 

Titanic was believed to be “unsinkable” because of safety standards and features of its time. It sank on April 14, 1912, on its first voyage from Southampton to New York because it collided with an iceberg. The metal sides bent after hitting the iceberg, letting water flood into six watertight compartments. The ship could only handle four being flooded, so it began to sink. The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, in the early morning hours taking over 1,500 lives with it. It was one of the deadliest marine disasters in history and led to major changes in ship safety rules.

The USS Yorktown was a WW2 era Yorktown class aircraft carrier, a type of ship that can hold planes and has a runway for takeoff and landing. It was commissioned in 1937, 251 meters long and could carry 90 aircraft. The Yorktown had 3 catapults, 3 elevators for the aircraft, and could carry 2217 men in total. Before its demise due to damage from a Japanese aircraft carrier and submarine, it had 3 battle stars. 

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The USS Yorktown had 9 boilers with 4 turbines, giving it a top speed of 32.5 knots, along with 8 single 5-inch guns, 4 quad 75 caliber guns, 24 20 millimeter guns, and 24 50 caliber machine guns. It had 4 inch armor on most of its exterior and 60lb protective decks. It participated in the Battle of Midway, where it was sunk later in WW2.

The Bismarck was a Kriegsmarine speed battleship built by Nazi Germany. It had a max weight of 50300 tons, and was equipped with 8 "38cm SK C/34", 12 "15cm SK C/28", 16 "10.5cm SK C/33", 16 "3.7cm SK C/30", and 20 "2cm FlaK30" guns. It also had 8 "53cm Torpedo Launcher"s.

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