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The second of the Bismarck-class battleships,
Tirpitz,
was the largest
warship to be built by the Germans and it took more air attacks to
destroy her than any other warship in the Second World War.
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Tirpitz
was laid down on 2 November, at
the Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven.
The battleship was launched on 1 April.
She was commissioned in to the
German fleet on 25 February and for
a while served as the centrepiece of
the Baltic Fleet while stationed at Kiel.
While in Kiel,
Tirpitz
managed to evade
damage from a number of bombing
raids by the RAF.
Tirpitz
was stationed in Norway to act as
a deterrent against an Allied invasion
and as a ‘fleet in being’ which forced
the Royal Navy to retain a significant
naval force in the area in order to
contain her.
On 9 March, 12 Fairey Albacore torpedo
bombers launched an unsuccessful
attack on
Tirpitz.
Then on 30 March, 33 Halifax bombers
launched another attack on the
battleship without success.
More unsuccessful attacks followed
on 27-28 April, which involved 26
Halifaxes and 10 Lancasters, and on
28/29 April by 23 Halifaxes and 11
Lancasters.
LEFT:
Tirpitz
on the
day of her launch.
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In April another air attack codenamed ‘Operation
Tungsten’ involved two strikes on the
Tirpitz
by
Barracudas, Corsairs, Wildcats and Hellcats launched
off a number of Royal Navy carriers, which resulted in
significant damage and serious casualties, but not total
destruction.
With little success by the RAF, it was the Navy’s turn
next to try and sink the
Tirpitz.
Operation Source in
September, involved six X-craft midget submarines. Two
managed to breach
Tirpitz
defences and laid explosives
on the ship’s hull. The resultant explosions caused
extensive damage and put her out of action until the
spring of 1944.
Rebuilt,
Tirpitz
faced more air attacks in the year. In late
August British carriers carried out more air attacks with
Operation Goodwood I, II, III and IV and yet again failed
to destroy the battleship.
On 15 September during Operation Paravane, 23
Lancasters dropped a number of ‘Tallboy’ bombs on
the
Tirpitz
with one claimed hit and on 29 October, 32
Lancasters again attacked the
Tirpitz
with Tallboy bombs
which resulted in one near miss.
On 12 November, the final attack on
Tirpitz
took place.
32 Lancasters dropped a total of 29 Tallboys scoring two
direct hits and several near misses that destroyed the
sand bank
Tirpitz
was secured on. After the last bomb
was dropped, a huge explosion blew out the ‘C’ turret
and
Tirpitz
capsized with the loss of approximately
1,000 men.
Tirpitz
was finally destroyed.
A joint German-Norwegian company salvaged parts
from the
Tirpitz
and fragments of the ship are allegedly
still being sold by a Norwegian company.
A recognition drawing of
Tirpitz
by the US Navy.
SPECIFICATION
Dimensions
Propulsion
Speed/Range
Compliment
Length 832ft, Beam 118.1ft, Draught 34.8ft, Surface Displacement 43,900 tons.
12x Wagner high-pressure steam-heated boilers with 3x Brown Boveri geared steam turbines producing
163,026 shaft hp to 3x shafts.
30.8 knots, 35mph, Range 9,280nm, 10,679 miles.
2,608
8x L52 15in main guns.
12x L55 5.9in SK-C/28 guns.
16x 105mm/L65 SK-C/37/SK-C/33 guns.
Firepower
16x 37mm/L83 SK-C/30 cannons.
20x 20mm/L65 MG C/30 anti-aircraft cannons (78 in 1944).
72x 20mm/L65 MG C/38 anti-aircraft machine guns.
Air wing
4-6 Arado Ar 196 oatplane aircraft.
LEFT:
Tirpitz
under attack
by British carrier aircraft in
April 1944.
BELOW:
The German
battleship
Tirpitz
lying
capsized in Tromso fjord.
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