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 | | The battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were sent into the North Atlantic shipping lanes for the purpose of commerce-raiding, and for the next 60 days the two ships covered a range of 17,800 miles and sank over 116,000 tons of Allied shipping. |
 | | For most of that time, the Germans were able to roam the seas at will, as the British navy frantically searched for them, while at the same time trying to protect their supply convoys. |
 | | Leading this would be their newest vessel, the DKM Bismarck, the fastest, most heavily armed and armored battleship ever constructed. |
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