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May 18, 2023 · The German surface fleet in World War II was small with only a few capital ships. When the Tirpitz sank in 1944, it was out of the fight.
The museum has one of the largest collections of photos and artifacts from the battleship Tirpitz, a Bismarck-class battleship built for the German Kriegsmarine during World War II.
Nov 5, 2023 · Ah, Tirpitz. Perhaps the most useless of all battleships in her intended role. While probably the most famous example of a 'fleet' (or ship) in being, she di...
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Header image: Lancasters of 617 Sqn and IX Sqn dropping ‘Tallboy’ bombs on the German battleship Tirpitz in Tromso Fjord, Norway, on the morning of 12th November 1944.
Operation Catechism was a British air raid of World War II that destroyed the German battleship Tirpitz.It was conducted on 12 November 1944 by 29 Royal Air Force heavy bombers that attacked the battleship at its anchorage near the Norwegian city of Tromsø.
Tirpitz was the second Bismarck class battleship in the German Kriegsmarine, the sister ship of Bismarck, named after Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz.
O Tirpitz foi um couraçado operado pela Kriegsmarine e a segunda e última embarcação da Classe Bismarck, depois do Bismarck.Nomeado em homenagem ao grande almirante Alfred von Tirpitz, o realizador da Marinha Imperial Alemã, sua construção começou em novembro de 1936 nos estaleiros da Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven e foi lançado ao mar em abril de 1939, sendo comissionado na frota ...
