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	German battleship Tirpitz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tirpitz was the second Bismarck class battleship of the German Kriegsmarine, sistership of Bismarck.
		Tirpitz was launched 1 April 1939 and deployed in a manner similar to Bismarck, as a commerce raider to be sent against Allied merchant shipping in the North Atlantic.
		Tirpitz was finally sunk immediately to the west of Tromsø, in the bay of Håkøybotn, on 12 November 1944 by 617 and 9 Squadron Lancasters with Tallboys on their third attempt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/German_battleship_Tirpitz (1487 words)

	Battleship Encyclopedia @ PriceOfFreedom.com (Price of Freedom) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Battleship was the name given to the most powerfully gun-armed and most heavily armored classes of warships built between the 15th and 20th centuries.
		Battleships evolved from northern European cogs, and included carracks and galleons in the 16th Century, ships of the line in the 17th and 18th Centuries, broadside ironclads and Pre-Dreadnoughts in the 19th Century, and Dreadnoughts in the 20th Century.
		Battleships still in existence as museums include the American USS Massachusetts, North Carolina, Alabama and Texas, the British HMS Mary Rose and Warrior, the Japanese Mikasa, the Swedish Vasa, the Dutch Buffel and Schorpioen, and the Chilean Huascar.
	www.priceoffreedom.com /encyclopedia/Battleship (7203 words)

	Battleship Tirpitz - Wikimedia Commons
		German 10.5 centimeter anti-aircraft ammunition, on board the battleship Tirpitz, in Norwegian waters circa 1942.
		Dancers entertain the crewmen on the battleship's after deck, while she was moored in a Norwegian fjord, circa 1942-44.
		Crewmen on board the battleship, while she was moored in a Norwegian fjord, circa 1942-44.
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Battleship_Tirpitz (212 words)

	Operation Tungsten - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Operation Tungsten was one of a number of aerial attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz while she was in Norwegian waters (the Altenfjord) by the Fleet Air Arm (the air units of the Royal Navy).
		The Tirpitz had suffered flooding caused by near misses but the machinery was untouched - none of the bombs had penetrated the deck armour.
		German battleship Tirpitz for context of attacks on Tirpitz
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Tungsten (326 words)

	tirpitzen.htm
		Tirpitz was fully equiped on 56.000 tons, and had a crew on 2340 men.
		Tirpitz was caught by suprise and her smoke-screens failed.
		The damaged was so big that the Germans decided that it was not practical to make her seaworthy again and she was moved to Tromsø;.
	home.online.no /~bjeren/tirpieng.htm (385 words)

	Vladimir Kroupnik. End of "Tirpitz"
		The base of the German battleship was then out of reach of the Lancaster bombers based in the North of Great Britain.
		The German justifiably expected a strike from north-west and because of it a sudden attack from this direction wouldn't have been feasible.
		Nevertheless, the battleship was within a reach of Lancasters of the 5th air group from air-strips in Scotland.
	www.argo.net.au /andre/AussiessinkingTirpitzENFIN.htm (2105 words)

	Samek 1/700th Tirpitz
		Tirpitz differed from Bismarck principally in greater power and range, and was later fitted with 8 triple 21in torpedo tubes and a light AA armament of 58x20mm guns.
		A midget submarine attack almost succeeded, and Tirpitz was finally sunk shortly thereafter by RAF bombers on 12 November 1944.
		Overall, the Samek Tirpitz captures the look of the real ship and to me this is the most important attribute in producing a high quality model.
	www.steelnavy.com /Tirpitz700.htm (567 words)

	German battleship Tirpitz: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The kriegsmarine (or "war navy") was the name of the german navy between 1935 and 1945, during the nazi regime, superseding the reichsmarine....
		Alfred von tirpitz (march 19, 1849 - march 6, 1930) was a german admiral, minister of state and commander of the kaiserliche marine in...
		German battleship Bismarck[For more info, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/german_battleship_tirpitz.htm (963 words)

	Tirpitz German battleship
		German surface raider Tirpitz, sister ship to the Bismarck, built at Wilhelmshaven navy yard and launched 1st May 1939 and commissioned into the German navy 27th February 1942.
		The Tirpitz played a major role during the Norwegian campaigns until being crippled by mines laid by British midget submarines X6 and X7, and later hit by tallboy bombs and capsizing in 1944 with the loss of 1204 crew.
		The German battleship Tirpitz had a main armament of eight 15-inch guns and 12 6-inch guns with a secondary armament of 16 4-inch guns and 16 1.5inch AA guns.
	www.naval-art.com /tirpitz.htm (881 words)

	BBC - History - Lost heroes of the 'Tirpitz' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The powerful German battleship Tirpitz, sister of Bismarck sunk at sea after a long and difficult chase in 1941, exerted a powerful influence on the Royal Navy.
		She was the centrepiece of the German surface forces based in Norway, threatening the Arctic convoys to Russia.
		Tirpitz was nonetheless disabled by an extensive self-maintenance period over the winter, but in March she was mobile once more and moved to the inaccessible fastness of Kaa Fiord at the head of Alta Fiord in the far north, where she formed the centrepiece of a powerful battle group.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/war/wwtwo/tirpitz_heroes_01.shtml (231 words)

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		The Tirpitz leaking fuel oil after one of the many air attacks against her.
		Tirpitz spend much of the war playing a dangerous game of 'cat and mouse' in Norwegian fjords, in a position where she could be used to threaten Allied convoys going to Russia.
		Some valuable material was removed from the wreck by the Germans, and after the war the remains were declared to be the property of the Norwegian government.
	www.bobhenneman.info /Tirpitzwreck.htm (313 words)

	Sinking of German Battleship, Tirpitz, Nov 12,1944
		A reconnaisance aircraft, later radioed that Tirpitz was [upside down] in Tromso Fiord, her bottom humped over the water like a stranded whale.
		Just after Tirpitz saw the bombers come over the mountain, a message came from Bardufoss that an enemy formation was over the airfield and the fighters could not take-off, but there were no Allied fighters for a thousand miles.
		The Germans relocated her to Tromso, not to repair her but to moor her in shallow water as an unsinkable fortress.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/overlander/attack.htm (1233 words)

	KBismarck.com - Battleship Tirpitz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The Tirpitz, second and last battleship of the Bismarck class, was the largest warship built in Germany.
		At 1800, the Tirpitz leaves Trondheim under the command of Admiral Otto Schniewind and sails North, together with the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, the destroyers Friedrich Ihn, Hans Lody, Karl Galster, Theodor Riedel and the torpedo boats T-7 and T-15.
		Tirpitz, Scharnhorst, and the destroyers Z-27, Z-29, Z-30, Z-31, Z-33, Erich Steinbrinck, Karl Galster, Hans Lody and Theodor Riedel, leave Altafjord under the command of Admiral Kummetz, to attack the allied installations on the island of Spitzbergen.
	www.kbismarck.com /tirpitz.html (1586 words)

	Sink-the-Tirpitz
		Tirpitz, sister ship of the Bismarck had a displacement of 42,900 tons some 7,900 tons heavier than the King George V class battleships of the Royal Navy.
		Although the battleship was still afloat she was barely seaworthy and in no condition to fight, the Tallboys had been a success whereas the JW mines had failed to detonate within the proximity of Tirpitz and drifted around the fjord before exploding well away from their intended target.
		The German Navy went to great lengths to conceal this fact, recognising that as a perceived threat she was capable of tying down substantial naval forces.
	www.lancaster-archive.com /bc-Sink-the-Tirpitz.html (5014 words)

	German Navy Ships--Tirpitz (1941-1944)
		Tirpitz, a 44,755-ton Bismarck class battleship, was built at Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
		Though Tirpitz never actually came into contact with Allied shipping, and only fired her guns at enemy targets during a September 1943 raid on shore facilities at Spitzbergen, her great power caused the U.S. and British navies to divert scarce resources to counter her and generated intense efforts to put her out of action.
		In February 1944, while she was under repair, the German battleship was the target of a raid by Soviet bombers that produced one near-miss.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/germany/gersh-t/tirpitz.htm (452 words)

	Dambusters
		The Tirpitz fully loaded weighed appromately 50,000 tons and had a crew of 2340 men.Her overall length was 251 metres with a beam of 36 metres and a draught of 9 metres.
		In January 1942 she was moved to the Trondheimfjord in norway, it seems that the German command at the time were afraid to loose her so she was only used to scatter convoys and one raid on Spitsbergen.
		Once at Tromsofjord it was decided to use her as a coastal defence battery the harbour was being made ready to place her in such a position that if hit again she would not sink, this operation was not completed before the final attack on her on the 12th November 1944.
	www.dambusters.org.uk /tirpitz.htm (748 words)

	Tirpitz battleship art prints
		The German Navy were quick to react, C in C Grand Admiral Raeder increasing U-boat strength in Norwegian waters, and ordering the mighty battleship Tirpitz to Norway, prompting Churchill to say "Tirpitz is the most important naval vessel in the situation today".
		Tirpitz failed to make contact with the convoy and returned to port without firing a shell, but her very presence in the theatre was enough to cause the demise of convoy PQ17.
		After Tirpitz capsized, Willi was one of the few fortunate survivors rescued from the upturned hull.
	www.cranstonfinearts.co.uk /dhm2304.htm (1629 words)

	Tirpitz Battleship Model
		In December of that same year her anti-aircraft battery was increased and two quadruple torpedo mounts were installed on the upper deck to each side of the ship amidships.
		Tirpitz was taken to anchor off Haakoy Island to remain there as a floating battery.
		Tirpitz and Bismarck German Battleships are built by professional Master Model Builders with more than 35 years individual experience.
	thatravenmagic.com /tirpitz.html (708 words)

	Attacks on German Battleship, Tirpitz (1944)
		With mountains screening the Lancasters' approach from enemy radar, the Tirpitz was caught by surprise and her smoke-screens were late in starting.
		The Germans had run a pipeline round the shores of the narrow fiord and could pour smoke by turning a tap, also scores of smoke pots surrounding the ship, and could smother the fiord in smoke in 8 minutes.
		With tests and graphs, Tait worked it out that from Lossiemouth they could just reach the Tirpitz in Tromso with a bare_and a very bare_ safety margin in case of adverse winds, but it meant loading in so much fuel they would be taking off nearly two tons over the maximum permissible weight.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/FreestyleFraming/chrono2.htm (1061 words)

	Sink The Tirpitz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Although the sinking of this German battleship, which was a continual threat to the north Russian convoys of arms and ammunition, is still as vivid in my memory as the day it was achieved, some of the finer details are somewhat dimmed.
		We could see German sailors swimming, diving, jumping, and by the time she was over to 85 deg and subsiding slowly into the water of Tromso Fjord, there must have been the best part of 60 men on her side as we skimmed over for the last pass.
		It was the end of the war for seaman Troeger and it remains a vivid episode in his memory, having the same lasting impact on the young German as it did on the young Australian running camera duty.
	www.467463raafsquadrons.com /TrueTales/sink_the_tirpitz.htm (2285 words)

	German Navy Ships--Tirpitz (1941-1944)
		German Warships sortie from a Norwegian fjord, circa 1942.
		German Warships leaving their base in a Norwegian fjord, circa 1942.
		Tirpitz' after 380mm (15") guns are in the foreground.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/germany/gersh-t/tirptz-o.htm (341 words)

	1944 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		June 22 - Operation Bagration: General attack by Soviet forces to clear the German forces from Belarus which resulted in the destruction of the German Army Group Centre, possibly the greatest defeat of the Wehrmacht during WWII.
		October 13 - Riga, the capital of Latvia is liberated by the Red Army.
		March 24 - In the Polish village of Markowa, German police kill Józef and Wiktoria Ulm, their six children and eight Jewish people they were hiding.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1944 (3723 words)

	Battleship, german battleship bismark, uss north carolina battleship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		This site is dedicated for the living memory of battleship Bismarck and her brave sailors who died aboard during the course of Operation Rheinubung battleship.
		In Requiem for Battleship Yamato, Ensign Yoshida Mitsuru, an assistant.
		On the battleship, a sailor ascends a ladder.
	www.deluxeroulette.com /battleship.html (322 words)

	Archie - A Pilot in RAF Bomber Command - R9482 MP-D from 76 Squadron
		On arriving at the target area the crew were able to see Tirpitz indistinctly through the smoke and haze.
		The weather was reported as having been similar to the previous nights operation to the same target with good, almost perfect visibility which allowed the crew to map read easily to the position of the target.
		The target was obscured by a smoke screen and the crew were unable to positively identify the target, Tirpitz, but bombed in the estimated position.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /archie_bombercommand/9482mpd.html (348 words)

	617 Squadron, Tirpitz art prints
		After several unsuccessful attempts to sink the German battleship Tirpitz, on 12 November 1944, the royal Air Force set about finishing the job.
		It was all over; a direct hit left Tirpitz a sinking wreck, her side ripped open by the devastating blast.
		He took part in most of 617 Squadron's high precision operations, including all three sorties against the German battleship Tirpitz, and went on to become one of the most respected pilots in the squadron.
	www.cranstonfinearts.co.uk /dhm2305.htm (1109 words)

	The Luftwaffe in Scale: German Battleship TIRPITZ, 1942 (1:350)
		The sister ship of the famous Bismarck was named after Großadmiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930), the creator of the german navy for World War One.
		Because the Tirpitz had a longer service life than the Bismarck more and more equipment was added (anti aircraft guns, torpedo tubes, radar,...) and so the ship became more heavier.
		The Tirpitz spent most of her service life in the fjords of Norway.
	www.rlm.at /cont/gal20_e.htm (446 words)

	Amazon.com: Tirpitz: Hunting the Beast : Air Attacks on the German Battleship 1940-44: Books: John Sweetman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Based on extensive research of British and German records, plus interviews and correspondence with a wide range of participants, this book presents one of the most comprehensive accounts yet to be published of the air attacks on the Tirpitz.
		The other side of the hill is also covered, with attention to the reports of the German Admiralty and the commanders of the ship.
		Overall, an excellent account of the determined and persistent British efforts to put that mighty warship out of action and get rid of a constant danger to their Arctic convoys, something that was finally achieved rather late in the war.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1557508224?v=glance (657 words)

	Archie - A Pilot in RAF Bomber Command - W1037 ZA-U from 10 Squadron
		The aircraft and crew had infact reached the target area, located Tirpitz and dropped their load.
		As the aircraft flew away from Tirpitz and into the next fjord to start making for home it was hit by heavy gun fire from some of the German ships.
		Three of the crew, F/L Miller, Sgt Ryder and P/O Roberts were rescued from the freezing water by kriegsmarine (German sailors) and were taken onboard the German battleship, Prince Eugen, where they spent the rest of the night before being taken ashore as pow's.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /archie_bombercommand/1037zau.html (480 words)

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