German battleship Tirpitz
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Tirpitz was the second of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine prior to and during the Second World War. Named after Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, the architect of
A recognition drawing of Tirpitz prepared by the US Navy
Recognition drawing prepared by the US Navy
Tirpitz sliding down the slipway at her launch
Tirpitz camouflaged in the Fættenfjord in Norway
German battleship Bismarck
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Bismarck was the first of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. Named after Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the ship was laid down at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg
German battleship Tirpitz
…was launched two and a half years later. Work was completed in February 1941, when she was commissioned into the German fleet. Like her sister ship, Bismarck, Tirpitz was armed with a main battery of eight 38-centimetre (15 in) guns in four twin turrets. After a series of wartime modifications she was 2000…
Bismarck in 1940
Bismarck in port in Hamburg
Bismarck on trials; the rangefinders had not yet been installed
Bismarck, photographed from Prinz Eugen, in the Baltic at the outset of Operation Rheinübung