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Bismarck-class battleship of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine
Tirpitz (German pronunciation: [ˈtɪʁpɪt͡s] ) was the second of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine (navy) prior to and
German_battleship_Tirpitz
German naval officer (1849–1930)
Alfred Peter Friedrich von Tirpitz (German pronunciation: [ˈalfʁeːt fɔn ˈtɪʁpɪt͡s] ; born Alfred Peter Friedrich Tirpitz; 19 March 1849 – 6 March 1930)
Alfred_von_Tirpitz
Topics referred to by the same term
Tirpitz may refer to: Alfred von Tirpitz (1849–1930), German admiral Tirpitz Plan, a plan for Germany to achieve world power status through naval power
Tirpitz
Class of German World War II-era fast battleships
1936 and completed in September 1940, while the keel of her sister ship, Tirpitz, was laid in October 1936 and work finished in February 1941. The ships
Bismarck-class_battleship
British air raid of World War II
British air raid of World War II that destroyed the German battleship Tirpitz. It was conducted on 12 November 1944 by 29 heavy bombers from the Royal
Operation_Catechism
Imperial German Navy expansion Plan
Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz's design for Germany to achieve world power status through naval power, while at the same time addressing domestic issues,
Tirpitz_Plan
1942 Allied attack on German battleship Tirpitz
Operation Title was an unsuccessful Allied attack on the German battleship Tirpitz during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. It involved two British
Operation_Title
Topics referred to by the same term
The Tirpitz Museum may refer to: Tirpitz Museum (Denmark), focused on the Atlantic Wall in Denmark. Tirpitz Museum (Norway), focused on the battleship
Tirpitz_Museum
List of ships with the same or similar names
Tirpitz or Admiral von Tirpitz, after the German admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, including the following: German naval trawler Grossadmiral von Tirpitz [de]
List_of_ships_named_Tirpitz
WWI naval mascot
Tirpitz was a pig captured from the Imperial German Navy after a naval skirmish (the Battle of Más a Tierra) following the Battle of the Falkland Islands
Tirpitz_(pig)
Navy of the German Empire between 1871 and 1919
Wilhelm II greatly expanded the navy. The key leader was Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, who greatly expanded the size and quality of the navy, while adopting
Imperial_German_Navy
War museum in Norway
Tirpitz Museum is a war museum that is located in the village of Kåfjord in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.[non-primary source needed] The
Tirpitz_Museum_(Norway)
Early 20th-century arms race between the United Kingdom and Germany
German Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz in 1897 to create a fleet in being to force Britain to make diplomatic concessions; Tirpitz did not expect the Imperial
Anglo-German_naval_arms_race
The German battleship Tirpitz was attacked on multiple occasions by Allied forces during World War II. While most of the attacks failed to inflict any
List of Allied attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz
List_of_Allied_attacks_on_the_German_battleship_Tirpitz
Museum in Blåvand, Denmark
Tirpitz Museum (Danish: Tirpitz Museet), also called Blåvand Bunker Museum, is a museum in Blåvand, on the coast of Jutland. It is built in an old bunker
Tirpitz_Museum_(Denmark)
British air raid on German battleship Tirpitz
raid of World War II that inflicted heavy damage on the German battleship Tirpitz, at anchor in Kaafjord in the far north of German-occupied Norway. The
Operation_Paravane
Second World War Royal Navy midget submarine attacks on heavy German warships in Norway
Source was a series of attacks to neutralise the heavy German warships – Tirpitz, Scharnhorst, and Lützow – based in northern Norway, using X-class midget
Operation_Source
New Zealand fighter pilot of WWII
in despatches for his actions during an attack on the German battleship Tirpitz on 24 August 1944. From Gisborne, Richardson initially joined the Royal
Archibald Richardson (Royal Navy officer)
Archibald_Richardson_(Royal_Navy_officer)
Second World War Royal Navy air raid
the Royal Navy against the German battleship Tirpitz. The operation sought to damage or destroy Tirpitz at her base in Kaafjord in the far north of Norway
Operation_Tungsten
1943 German raid on Svalbard during WW2
Spitzbergen, in the Svalbard Archipelago, on 8 September 1943. The battleships Tirpitz (in its only offensive action) and Scharnhorst, plus nine destroyers, sailed
Operation_Zitronella
Imperial German Navy fleet
Fleet (Heimatflotte) was renamed the High Seas Fleet. Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz was the architect of the fleet; he envisioned a force powerful enough to
High_Seas_Fleet
Unsuccessful British air raid in World War II
British air raid of World War II which targeted the German battleship Tirpitz. It was conducted by Royal Air Force heavy bombers on 29 October 1944,
Operation_Obviate
1941 Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy
Third Fleet. In 1944 Victorious contributed to several attacks on the Tirpitz. The elimination of the German naval threat allowed her redeployment first
HMS_Victorious_(R38)
1944 series of British air raids against the Tirpitz
series of British carrier air raids conducted against the German battleship Tirpitz at her anchorage in Kaafjord in occupied Norway during late August 1944
Operation_Goodwood_(naval)
German naval raid of World War II
convoys during the Second World War. It was conducted by the battleship Tirpitz, three destroyers and eight submarines. The German ships were unable to
Operation_Sportpalast
Type of earthquake bomb
Normandy). The last of the Kriegsmarine's Bismarck-class battleships, the Tirpitz, was sunk by an air attack using Tallboys in Operation Catechism. Most
Tallboy_(bomb)
Government ministry of the Imperial German Navy
ships and maintenance of existing vessels. In 1897, Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz became the state secretary of the RMA, and he used the position to push
German_Imperial_Naval_Office
Passenger vessel built in 1913–1919
completed ship the SS Admiral von Tirpitz in honour of Alfred von Tirpitz. This choice of name was odd, as Admiral von Tirpitz, who had done much to improve
RMS Empress of Australia (1919)
RMS_Empress_of_Australia_(1919)
Allied World War II convoy in the Arctic Ocean
acting on information that German ships, including German battleship Tirpitz, were moving to intercept, ordered the covering force, based on the Allied
Convoy_PQ_17
The German coastal battery Tirpitz, consisting mainly of three large 280 mm guns, was the most powerful coastal battery on the Romanian shore during World
German coastal battery Tirpitz
German_coastal_battery_Tirpitz
1955 British film by Ralph Thomas
midget submarine attacks in Norwegian fjords against the German battleship Tirpitz. Directed by Ralph Thomas, it is based on two true-life attacks by British
Above_Us_the_Waves
Attempt by German Navy to intercept convoy from UK to Soviet Union
Schniewind, the Flottenchef (Fleet Commander) was based at Trondheim in Tirpitz. On 8 June, SKL ruled on the command arrangements for operations. MGK Nord
Operation_Rösselsprung_(1942)
1942 World War II attack on the German battleship Tirpitz
On 5 July 1942, the German battleship Tirpitz, sailing as part of a squadron under the command of Admiral Otto Schniewind to intercept convoy PQ 17, was
Attack on the battleship Tirpitz by submarine K-21
Attack_on_the_battleship_Tirpitz_by_submarine_K-21
1944 British carrier air raid against the German battleship Tirpitz
unsuccessful British carrier air raid conducted against the German battleship Tirpitz at her anchorage in Kaafjord, Norway, on 17 July 1944. The attack was one
Operation_Mascot
Series of laws expanding the navy of the German Empire, passed from 1898 to 1912
Wilhelm II and his State Secretary for the Navy, Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, committed Germany to building up a navy capable of competing with the
German_Naval_Laws
Political party in Germany (1918–1933)
would be their reaction to Tirpitz becoming Chancellor. The very negative international response that the prospect of Tirpitz as the Chancellor generated
German National People's Party
German_National_People's_Party
German Emperor from 1888 to 1918
Wilhelm called on the services of the dynamic naval officer Alfred von Tirpitz, whom he appointed to the head of the Imperial Naval Office in 1897. The
Wilhelm_II
Fiji-class cruiser
in 1944 as they flew off airstrikes that attacked the German battleship Tirpitz in northern Norway. Late in the year she had an extensive refit to prepare
HMS_Jamaica_(44)
Early form of diver propulsion vehicle
destroy warships including the Tirpitz using X-class midget subs. Of the five deployed, only two were successful. Tirpitz was badly damaged, crippled, and
Human_torpedo
Chancellor of the German Empire from 1909 to 1917
problem was the expansion of the German fleet that Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz wanted. The Chancellor intended to use dialogue with the United Kingdom
Theobald_von_Bethmann_Hollweg
German admiral (1855–1931)
Reichsmarineamt (Imperial Naval Office). Working closely with Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, he was primarily responsible for drafting the Flottengesetze (German Naval
Eduard_von_Capelle
Bomb that bounces across a water surface
the British were seeking a means of destroying the German battleship Tirpitz, which posed a threat to Allied shipping in the North Atlantic and had
Bouncing_bomb
Midget submarine class built for the Royal Navy during 1943–44
used but only two successfully laid charges (under the German battleship Tirpitz). Two were lost while being towed to Norway; X8 began taking water and
X-class_submarine
in 1939, becoming the first person to hold that rank since Alfred von Tirpitz. Raeder led the Kriegsmarine (German War Navy) for the first half of the
Pre–World War II career of Erich Raeder
Pre–World_War_II_career_of_Erich_Raeder
Village in Alta Municipality, Norway
was restored in 1969. During the Second World War, the German battleship Tirpitz used Kåfjord as a harbour, and she was damaged there by British aircraft
Kåfjord,_Alta
German World War II flying ace
(JG 5–5th Fighter Wing). Scapegoated for the loss of the German battleship Tirpitz, Ehrler was court-martialled, stripped of his command and sentenced to
Heinrich_Ehrler
appointment of Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz to the post of State Secretary of the Navy in 1897 accelerated naval construction. Tirpitz's "risk theory" planned a fleet
List of battleships of Germany
List_of_battleships_of_Germany
Royal Air Force officer
during the war, including the one that finally sank the German battleship Tirpitz in 1944. He succeeded Leonard Cheshire as commander of the famous 617 Squadron
James_Brian_Tait
Flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
precision bombing (the other was No. 617 Squadron) and sank the battleship Tirpitz on 12 November 1944 in Operation Catechism. Between 1962 and April 1982
No._9_Squadron_RAF
Global conflict from 1914 to 1918
to expand rapidly post-1871. Backed by Wilhelm II, Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz sought to use this growth to build an Imperial German Navy that could compete
World_War_I
German naval promotion organization
interest group formed on April 30, 1898 on initiative of Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz through the German Imperial Naval Office (Reichsmarineamt) which he headed
Navy_League_(Germany)
German admiral (1876–1960)
dominating figure of the Navy was Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, the autocratic State Secretary of the Navy. Tirpitz's preferred means of obtaining "world power status"
Erich_Raeder
Scottish journalist and broadcaster (1919–2009)
The series included Target Tirpitz (1973), a history of the extraordinary attempts to sink the feared German battleship Tirpitz; two of the films led to
Ludovic_Kennedy
Flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
Seetakt radars. A series of attacks caused the disabling and sinking of Tirpitz, a major German battleship that had been moved into a fjord in northern
No._617_Squadron_RAF
K-class submarine of the Soviet Navy during World War II
this mission was unsuccessful as the Tirpitz turned away. The convoy itself scattered upon hearing words of Tirpitz's imminent arrival, and most of the convoy's
Soviet_submarine_K-21
unsuccessful British carrier air raid conducted against the German battleship Tirpitz at her anchorage in Kaafjord, Norway, on 17 July 1944. Few of the British
Allied order of battle for Operation Mascot
Allied_order_of_battle_for_Operation_Mascot
Military plans
support from the Kaiser, Tirpitz formed a plan to create a navy worthy of Germany's imperial ambitions, called the Tirpitz Plan. The Kaiser directed
Imperial German plans for the invasion of the United States
Imperial_German_plans_for_the_invasion_of_the_United_States
Type of inflammatory bowel disease
bacterial overgrowth Klaus J, Spaniol U, Adler G, Mason RA, Reinshagen M, von Tirpitz CC (July 2009). "Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth mimicking acute
Crohn's_disease
British amphibious attack of 28 March 1942
because the loss of its dry dock would force Germany's largest battleship, Tirpitz, to return to home waters if she were damaged. This would expose her to
St_Nazaire_Raid
attack on Tirpitz Nordseetour ("North Sea Tour") (1940) – first Atlantic operation of Admiral Hipper Obviate (1944) – RAF air attack on Tirpitz Ostfront
List of World War II military operations
List_of_World_War_II_military_operations
British battlecruiser, 1916–1948
penetrate Tirpitz's main armoured deck. Nonetheless Tirpitz was under repair for three months. The Home Fleet tried another attack on Tirpitz later on
HMS_Furious_(47)
air raid conducted by the Royal Navy that targeted the German battleship Tirpitz at her base in Kaafjord in the far north of Norway on 3 April 1944. The
Allied order of battle for Operation Tungsten
Allied_order_of_battle_for_Operation_Tungsten
Navy of Nazi Germany (1935–1945)
aborted operation (including Tirpitz) to attack Arctic convoys Rösselsprung ("Knights Move") (1942) – operation (including Tirpitz) to attack Arctic convoy
Kriegsmarine
Famous swine
national attention in the US for visiting hospitals and nursing homes. Tirpitz was a pig captured from the German Navy after a naval skirmish following
List_of_individual_pigs
Far-right political party in the German Empire
Fatherland Party was founded by Heinrich Claß, August von Dönhoff, Alfred von Tirpitz and Wolfgang Kapp on 2 September 1917. On 9 September, the DVLP made its
German_Fatherland_Party
King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy
attacking Tirpitz on 17 July (Operation Mascot) and again in mid- to late August (the Goodwood series) of air strikes on Tirpitz. After Tirpitz was crippled
HMS_Duke_of_York_(17)
Dry dock and lock in the port of Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, France
Army Commando raid successfully prevented German battleships, such as Tirpitz, from accessing its maintenance facilities while operating in the Atlantic
Louis_Joubert_Lock
British World War II naval aviator
Studio Royal Navy film, and credited with crippling the German battleship Tirpitz as strike leader of over 100 aircraft. He was born in Nottingham to pioneer
Roy_Sydney_Baker-Falkner
Encrypter React App Enigma I, M3 (Army/Navy), M4 (Army/Navy), Railway, Tirpitz, Zahlwerk (Default/G-260/G-312), Swiss-K (Air Force/Commercial) No Yes
List of Enigma machine simulators
List_of_Enigma_machine_simulators
British carrier-borne torpedo/dive bomber
engagements was Operation Tungsten, a mass attack upon the German battleship Tirpitz on 3 April 1944. In addition to the FAA, the Barracuda was also used by
Fairey_Barracuda
1968 British film
loosely based on the Operation Source attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in 1943. Lt. Commander Richard Bolton must lead a group of midget submarines
Submarine_X-1
Armor applied to a warship's hull
This multilayer design is featured in the cross-sectional drawings of Tirpitz and King George V. A warship can be seriously damaged underwater not only
Belt_armor
Airport in Bardufoss
bombercommandmuseum.ca/tirpitz.html Archived 2018-09-28 at the Wayback Machine The Sinking of the Battleship Tirpitz Bomber Command Museum of Canada "Tirpitz, November
Bardufoss_Air_Station
Allied oceangoing convoys
especially the battleship Tirpitz, be sent to Norway. The Channel Dash in early 1942 was partly undertaken for this reason. Tirpitz and the other German capital
Arctic convoys of World War II
Arctic_convoys_of_World_War_II
1930s German naval gun
HMS Hood and Prince of Wales. Sixteen guns were used for Bismarck and Tirpitz and six were ordered for Gneisenau when she was to be re-armed in 1942
38_cm_SK_C/34_naval_gun
Use of battleships during World War II
came against Convoy PQ 17, though Tirpitz did not engage the convoy. Instead, when the Allies learned that Tirpitz had sortied, they dispersed the convoy
Battleships_in_World_War_II
Fjord in Trøndelag, Norway
German battleship Tirpitz was moored here from 16 January 1942 to 29 October 1943. During this time the Royal Air Force attacked the Tirpitz four times with
Fættenfjorden
Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm
support facility. An attempted torpedo strike against the German battleship Tirpitz on 9 March 1942, did not achieve its intended objective. In July, activities
817_Naval_Air_Squadron
German naval ship class (1911–1950)
(11 in) to 30.5 cm (12 in). In a meeting on 23 April, Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, the state secretary of the Reichsmarineamt (RMA—Imperial Navy Office)
Moltke-class_battlecruiser
British flying ace of WWII
was also involved in Bomber Command's campaign to sink the battleship Tirpitz. Born in India but raised in England, Bazin was called up for service in
James_Bazin
Largest island of the Svalbard archipelago
coal mines and the German weather station. In 1943, the German battleship Tirpitz and an escort flotilla shelled and destroyed the Allied weather station
Spitsbergen
German naval officer
Kapitän zur See, he was appointed the executive officer of the battleship Tirpitz in August 1943 under Kapitän zur See Hans Meyer. He temporarily took control
Wolf_Junge
Norwegian resistance radio agent
1944. Another major concern was the presence of the German battleship Tirpitz. In September 1943 Torbjørn Johansen bicycled from Tromsø to Alta and back
Knut_Moe
German warship, 1934–45
Tirpitz and the destroyers Z4 Richard Beitzen, Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt, Z23, Z28, and Z29 left Bogen Bay and proceeded to Trondheim. There, Tirpitz stopped
German_cruiser_Admiral_Scheer
Naval theatre of operations
joined Tirpitz in Trondheim. 5 March 1942: A Focke-Wulf Fw 200 located Convoy PQ 12 south of Jan Mayen. As part of Operation Sportpalast, Tirpitz sailed
Arctic naval operations of World War II
Arctic_naval_operations_of_World_War_II
Division of the Imperial German Navy in the Pacific Ocean (1890s-1914)
Chinese coast. Although Tirpitz favored the bay at Kiautschou, others in the government advocated for other sites, and even Tirpitz wavered on his commitment
East_Asia_Squadron
1940 Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy
lengthy refit. Formidable made several attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz in Norway in mid-1944 as part of the Home Fleet. She was subsequently assigned
HMS_Formidable_(67)
Battleship class of the German Imperial Navy
30.5 cm (12 in). Tirpitz was reluctant to agree to this change, as he wished to avoid escalating the arms race with Britain. Tirpitz's hesitation at increasing
Helgoland-class_battleship
Above Us the Waves Ralph Thomas Submarine attacks on German battleship Tirpitz 1955 United States Bad Day at Black Rock John Sturges Thriller. Disabled
List of World War II feature films (1950–1989)
List_of_World_War_II_feature_films_(1950–1989)
Leninist description of certain ideologies
first example of social imperialism in action, and was followed up by the Tirpitz Plan for expanding the German Navy starting in 1897. In this point of view
Social_imperialism
Planned Nazi city in German-occupied Norway
Germany. One notable example of these benefits is the case of the battleship Tirpitz, which had to be continually moved back to Germany for any additional repairs
Nordstern_(city)
German concession in China (1897–1914)
of Jiaozhou as a possible naval base. In 1896, Rear Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, at that time commander of the East Asian Cruiser Division, examined the
Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory
Kiautschou_Bay_Leased_Territory
German naval operation during the Second World War
battleship Tirpitz from Norway. The RAF had sent squadrons from Bomber and Coastal commands overseas and kept torpedo bombers in Scotland ready for Tirpitz, that
Channel_Dash
English painter (1904-1958)
Toward the end of 1945, he travelled to Norway and painted the wreck of the Tirpitz. In Norway, he also recorded captured naval bases and observed a number
Stephen_Bone
Attack by the Imperial German Navy on 16 December 1914
upon engaging the enemy once contact was established. Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz commented "Ingenohl had the fate of Germany in his hand". At 06:50, Shark
Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby
Raid_on_Scarborough,_Hartlepool_and_Whitby
Naval force that extends a controlling influence without ever leaving port
three years. In Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine (navy), the German battleship Tirpitz served her entire career as a "fleet in being". Although she never fired
Fleet_in_being
WWII British Combined Operations raid on Norway
Gunnerside SF Hydro Attacks on Tirpitz (1942–1944) Title Source Tungsten Mascot Goodwood Paravane Obviate Catechism Tirpitz operations (1942–1944) Sportpalast
Operation_Archery
Japanese anti-aircraft shell
could vary: During repairs after Operation Tungsten, the German battleship Tirpitz also used a specially-fuzed variation of this shell for its 38 cm (15 in)
San Shiki (anti-aircraft shell)
San_Shiki_(anti-aircraft_shell)
Scharnhorst-class battleship of Nazi Germany
Germany. In early 1943, Scharnhorst joined the Bismarck-class battleship Tirpitz in Norway to interdict Allied convoys to the Soviet Union. Scharnhorst
German_battleship_Scharnhorst
German pre-World War I submarine
development gathered pace, the commander of the Imperial German Navy Alfred von Tirpitz was reluctant to participate in it; instead he focussed on building the
SM_U-1_(Germany)
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