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.

2020年1月3日 · 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 …

2023年5月18日 · With the sinking of the Tirpitz in 1944, the naval battle was, for Germany, effectively over. Germany’s naval plans in World War II were modest. The major prizes for the Third Reich were on or near the European continent …

2023年2月20日 · 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-mighty ship was sold off in a postwar salvage operation that lasted 11 years, a final testament to Tirpitz ’s massive size.

2019年11月11日 · The 52,000 tons armoured German battleship with 15in guns capable of 22.4 miles range and capable of 34 knots had been under attack since 10 July 1940. Almost 400 bombers, torpedo-bombers, fighters and reconnaissance aircraft had been involved, independent of two audacious raids by Royal Navy charioteers and midget submariners.

2019年5月21日 · Laid down at Kriegsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven on November 2, 1936, Tirpitz was the second and final ship of the Bismarck-class of battleship. Initially given the contract name "G," the ship was later named for famed German naval leader Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz.

In September 1941, the Tirpitz became the flagship of the Baltic Fleet in the protected waters of the Baltic Sea, preventing a breakout of the Soviet Navy, now that Germany and Russia were at war.

2024年11月21日 · 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, and the Allied efforts that led to its ultimate demise.

2021年4月13日 · The German battleship Tirpitz while it was in the Fættenfjord in Åsen in 1942. Protecting her from incoming fire was 360 mm of steel on her gun turret fronts, 220 mm on the turret sides, 320 mm over her main belt, and two armored decks 50 mm and 100 mm thick.

2023年6月19日 · The sinking of the Tirpitz, one of the most formidable battleships of the German Navy during World War II, marked a significant turning point in naval warfare. As the sister ship of the infamous Bismarck, the Tirpitz posed a major threat to Allied naval operations in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.