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In the deployment section in mentions that none of the Yamato class battleships or Bismarck ever engaged an enemy battleship. This is untrue - the Bismarck engaged the battlecruiser HMS Hood and the battleship HMS Prince of Wales in the battle of Denmark Strait, sinking the Hood. Korandder 09:24, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

The wording is broken into two sentences. The "Neither" refers only to Mushashi and Yamato. --Durin 12:11, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Durin, thanks for the clarification on the wording. I wrote the deployment section a while back and never meant to imply that the Bismarck never engaged enemy battleships, only the Yamato and Musashi. Glad you saw that. User:SWO1975

[edit] Contradiction

From the info box....

Trial displacement of 68,200 British tons (69,294 tonnes) 
Standard displacement of 64,000 British tons (65,027 tonnes)
Maximum displacement of 72,000 British tons (72,820 tonnes)

The tons to tonnes conversion is clearly not consistent but I have no idea which of the figures are incorrect! Can someone with access to an accurate source tidy that up please. --LiamE 22:57, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

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This article should not have passed a B class review as it does not have inline citations to show where material is sourced. Hove downgraded to start.--Toddy1 (talk) 21:25, 2 April 2008 (UTC)