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| | Encyclopedia: German battleship Bismarck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | The construction of the second French Dunkerque class battleship made redesign necessary, and Bismarck's displacement increased to 42,600 tons, although officially her tonnage was still only 35,000 tons in accordance with the Washington Naval Treaty, becoming the prototype of the proposed battleships envisaged in Plan Z. |
 | | The British heavy cruisers HMS Suffolk, Norfolk, Dorsetshire, and London; and Exeter, with convoy WS-8B. |
 | | The British light cruisers HMS Kenya, Galatea, Aurora, Neptune, Hermione, Edinburgh, Manchester, Arethusa, Birmingham, and Sheffield; and Cairo, with convoy WS-8B. |
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