Tirpitz (German pronunciation: [ˈtɪʁpɪt͡s] ⓘ) was the second of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine (navy) prior to and during the Second World War.

May 18, 2023 · Scharnhorst fought in the German invasion of Norway and helped sink a British aircraft carrier, the HMS Glorious. But when Scharnhorst fought at the Battle of North Cape, British and Norwegian ships sank it in the Arctic.

Nov 14, 2021 · Early on November 12, 1944, 29 Lancaster bombers of the British Royal Air Force took off from their bases in northern Scotland and headed to Norway. Their target was the German battleship Tripitz,...

Jan 3, 2020 · The German battleship Tirpitz was the heaviest and most fearsome battleship ever deployed by a European power. At over 50,000 tons when fully loaded, the Bismarck-class warship was over two football fields long and capable …

Mar 20, 2024 · Dubbed ‘the beast’ by Winston Churchill, Tirpitz posed a major threat to allied shipping in the Atlantic and Artic convoys to the northern Soviet Union. He declared her destruction ‘of utmost importance’.

Dec 12, 2024 · Of the estimated 1,700 crewmen aboard Tirpitz at the time of the raid, between 940 and 1,204 were lost, with most trapped in the battleship’s hull. Miraculously, some were rescued when holes were cut into the hull, but the majority couldn’t be saved.

Apr 13, 2021 · Fleet Air Arm personnel fusing bombs for Fairey Barracudas on the flight deck of HMS VICTORIOUS, before Operation ‘Tungsten’, the attack on the German battleship TIRPITZ in Alten Fjord, Norway, April 1944.

At 0730 hours, British carrier HMS Victorious launched 12 Albacore aircraft to attack, reaching Tirpitz and destroyer Friedrich Ihn at 0830 hours. The attack caused no damage to the German warships; two Albacore aircraft were lost.

Jul 4, 2020 · The forewarned Royal Navy rerouted the convoy and got the jump on the Tirpitz on March 9 with an attack executed by the twelve Fairey Albacore torpedo bombers from the carrier HMS Victorious....

The Tirpitz takes part in operation Sizilien (German raid and temporary occupation of Spitsbergen) along with Scharnhorst and 9 destroyers Karl Galster, Hans Lody, Erich Steinbrink, Theodor Riedel, Z27, Z29, Z30, Z31 and Z33 attack the enemy base on Spitzbergen.