Die Geschichte der deutschen
Schlachtschiffe Bismarck. Schlachtschiffe der Kriegsmarine während
des zweiten Weltkrieges.
German surface raider Tirpitz, sister
ship to the Bismarck, built at Wilhelmshaven navy yard and launched 1st
May 1939 and commissioned into the German navy 27th February 1942. The
Tirpitz played a major role during the Norwegian campaigns until being
crippled by mines laid by British midget submarines X6 and X7, and later
hit by tallboy bombs and capsizing in 1944 with the loss of 1204 crew.