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Tirpitz |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Kriegsmarine Werft Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
Pennant Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
June 14, 1936 |
Launched: |
April 1, 1939 |
Keel Laid: |
November 2, 1936 |
Commissioned: |
February 25, 1941 |
Fate: |
Sunk Nov. 12, 1944 by RAF Lancaster bombers of 9 Squadron and 617 Squadron. (Operation Catechism) Wreck scrapped between 1948-1957. Location: Håkøya Island near Tromsø, Norway. (63.39N - 18.49E) 971 crewmen killed, 87 survivors. |
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Page published Jan. 3, 2009 |