Which battleship did Ballard discover in 1989?
Bismarck
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Bismarck, the German battleship, was discovered by Robert Ballard in 1989. Ballard, an oceanographer and explorer, located the wreck of the Bismarck in the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately 600 miles west of Brest, France. The Bismarck had been sunk by the British Royal Navy in 1941 during the Battle of the Atlantic.
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