 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Lindemann akasvika paBlohm Voss kuvaka ngarava muHamburg mukuvamba kwaAugust 1940. Bismarcks keel yakanga yaiswa pana 1 July 1936 uye iye akabudiswa pana 14 February 1939. Burkard Freiherr von Müllenheim-Rechberg akabatana ne Bismarck semukuru wechina wepfuti muna Chikumi 1940, uye aizova mukuru-wepamusoro mukuru kuti apone muhondo yekupedzisira ye Bismarckmusi waMay 27, 1941. Zvizhinji zvezvinozivikanwa pamusoro pamazuva okupedzisira aBismarck zvinonongedzerwa kunhoroondo yake sechapupu. Lindemann akaita Von Müllenheim-Rechberg mubatsiri wake pachake uye akamurayiridza kuti ataure nezvechikepe se iye pane kuti iye; Lindemann akafunga kuti ngarava yakanga ine simba kwazvo kuti inonzi mukadzi. Akatuma ngarava yehondo musi wa 24 August 1940. Akaratidza kubatana kukuru nengarava uye airemekedzwa navashandi vake. 