The End of Battleship Tirpitz . At 3 AM on the morning of November 13, 1944, three airfields in Scotland resonated to a low bass thrum as Rolls-Royce Merlin engines came roaring to life.

The Tirpitz had up to 320 mm of steel and reinforced decks to withstand aerial and naval bombardment.It was a true steel beast. Indeed, over the course of the war, British Prime Minister Winston ...

Their target was the German battleship Tripitz, Germany's biggest warship. Nicknamed "The Beast" by Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Tirpitz was one of two Bismarck-class battleships built before ...

Amidst the Tirpitz’s non-engagements, the battleship received a major overhaul in Trondheim. While there, on October 31, 1942, a fishing boat named the Archer approached her, crossing the ...

The central point of interest in this story of the German battleship is the fact that her mere existence--she saw practically no action--confirmed the old doctrine of the "fleet in being" and ...

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.

Cruise into Tromso, Norway, where German battleship Tirpitz was sunk during World War II . By Alison Stewart. Updated August 13, 2019 — 3.45pm first published at 12.15am. Save.