The Tirpitz was named for Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, the architect of the Kaiserliche Marine, or Imperial Navy. Laid down at the Kriegsmarinewerft in Wilhelmshaven, the Tirpitz was constructed ...
Tirpitz, the heaviest warship built by a European navy in WW2, spent years tying down Allied forces as repeated air and naval efforts failed to finish it. After damage from midget submarine mines and ...
The German battleship Tirpitz was a constant threat to Allied merchant ships from 1942. On November 12, 1944, the ship was sunk off the coast of Tromsø, where it had been lying damaged since being ...