Tirpitz

Tirpitz was the second of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine (navy) prior to and during the Second World War. Named after Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, the architect of the Kaiserliche Marine, the ship was laid down at the Kriegsmarinewerft in Wilhelmshaven in November 1936 and her hull was launched two and a half years later. Work was completed in February 1941, when she was commissioned into the German fleet. Like her sister ship, Bismarck, Tirpitz was armed with a main battery of eight 38-centimetre (15 in) guns in four twin turrets. After a series of wartime modifications she was 2000 tonnes heavier than Bismarck, making her the heaviest battleship ever built by a European navy.

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German battleship Tirpitz
speed 30.8 knot, draft 9.9 metre, length 251 metre, length 250.5 metre, beam 36 metre, 16 cannon, 
Bismarck-class battleship, battleship, Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven, Kriegsmarine, 

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  Tirpitz ⓘ
  1939 Bismarck-class battleship

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World War II Q362

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shipwrecking

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ship launching

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ship commissioning

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keel laying

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1941 attack of the Tirpitz by the Soviet submarine K-21

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German battleship Tirpitz

Bulkhead from the German battleship Tirpitz at RAF Museum Hendon in November 2011

Artificial lake on Håkøya created by Tallboy bombs which missed target during bombing of German battleship Tirpitz

• Warfare dendrochronology: Trees witness the deployment of the German battleship Tirpitz in Norway - scientific article, 2019

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1941	attack of the Tirpitz by the Soviet submarine K-21	Tirpitz, torpedo attack, Soviet submarine K-21	Wikidata
link	page		The Operations Room page@	The Hunt for Tirpitz	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Tirpitz	Bismarck-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
commons	image		German battleship Tirpitz		Commons
commons	image		Bulkhead from the German battleship Tirpitz at RAF Museum Hendon in November 2011		Commons
commons	image		Artificial lake on Håkøya created by Tallboy bombs which missed target during bombing of German battleship Tirpitz		Commons