The Tirpitz’ Specifications. Launched in 1939 and commissioned in 1941, the Tirpitz was one of the largest battleships ever built by Germany. Its main armament consisted of eight 15-inch guns ...

German battleship Bismarck off of Kiel, Germany, September 1940. ... They didn't find Tirpitz, and German U-boats and aircraft sunk 23 of the 35 defenseless merchant ships.

Their target was the gigantic German battleship Tirpitz, a vessel so menacing that for three years the air force and navies of the United Kingdom and Soviet Union had launched at least twenty-five ...

Their target was the gigantic German battleship Tirpitz, a vessel so menacing that for three years the air force and navies of the United Kingdom and Soviet Union had launched at least twenty-five ...

The German battleship Tirpitz posed a serious threat to Allied ships during the Second World War. It was so dangerous to Allied forces that Winston Churchill made its destruction a priority.

Convoy threat. 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.