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Description	Painting of the sunken battleship Bismarck, with Robert Ballard's underwater ROV Argo exploring the wreck
Source	Maritimequest.com , credited to Ken Marshall.
Article	German battleship Bismarck
Portion used	entire
Low resolution?	Yes
Purpose of use	To illustrate a ship for which its discovery is particularly notable.
Replaceable?	As the image depicts a ship on the bottom of the ocean, it cannot reasonably be replaced.
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