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.

Nov 21, 2024 · Once the pride of the German navy, the battleship Tirpitz met a dramatic end off the coast of Northern Norway. Learn about the ship’s formidable power, strategic significance, …

Jan 3, 2020 · Germany deployed the Tirpitz in late 1941 as the flagship of their Baltic Fleet, where it was used to prevent the breakout of the Soviet Union’s Baltic fleet stationed in Leningrad.

Nov 11, 2019 · 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 …

The Tirpitz, second and last battleship of the Bismarck class, was the largest warship built in Germany. She was commissioned on February 1941, and afterwards went to the Baltic to …

Feb 20, 2023 · On November 12, 1944, British “Tallboy” bombs from Royal Air Force Lancasters struck and sank Tirpitz near Tromsø, killing about 1,000 German sailors. Scrap from the once …

About 10 minutes after the first bomb struck, the Tirpitz had completely turned turtle with only the hull visible from the air. Approximately 1000 of her crew were killed.

Apr 21, 2025 · But in September 1944, the British precision bombing squadrons got their chance at the Tirpitz. A flight of 27 bombers, 20 of them carrying special armor-piercing “Tallboy” …

One of the great dramas of World War II was played out in Northern Norway; the gigantic German battleship Tirpitz kept huge Allied forces tied down for three years, before it was sunk in …

Dec 21, 2023 · There was another Bismarck: the Tirpitz. And while the Tirpitz is less well remembered than her first-in-class sibling the Bismarck, the Tirpitz met a similarly …