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Tirpitz Battleship
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Specifications
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Tirpitz was the second Bismarck
class battleship of the German Kriegsmarine, sistership
of Bismarck. She was named after Admiral Alfred
von Tirpitz.
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. She was titled the "Lonely
Queen of the North" ("Den ensome Nordens
Dronning") by the Norwegians.
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| Ordered |
1935 |
| Laid down |
2 November 1936 |
| Launched |
1 April 1939 |
| Commissioned |
25 February 1941 |
| Decommissioned |
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| Fate |
Sunk on 12 November 1944 |
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| Displacement |
42,900t standard; 52,600t
full load |
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| Width |
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| Draft |
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| Armament |
8 x 380 mm (15 in) (4×2)
12 x 150 mm (5.9 in) (6×2)
16 x 105 mm (4.1 in) (4×2)
16 x 37 mm (8×2)
20 x 20 mm (20 x 1) (later 90)
8 x 533 mm torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft |
4, with 2 catapults |
| Propulsion |
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| Range |
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| Complement |
2,608 |
| See Also |
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