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The wreck of Tirpitz remained in place until after the war, when a joint German-Norwegian company began salvage operations. Work lasted from 1948 until 1957; [2] fragments of the ship were sold by a Norwegian company. [22]
Operation Catechism was a British air raid of World War II that destroyed the German battleship Tirpitz.It was conducted on 12 November 1944 by 29 Royal Air Force heavy bombers that attacked the battleship at its anchorage near the Norwegian city of Tromsø.
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 damage on the battleship, she was placed out of action for a lengthy period following the Operation Source midget submarine attack on 22 September 1943 and for a short period after the Operation Tungsten aircraft carrier strike on 3 April 1944.
Operation Tungsten was a Second World War Royal Navy air raid that targeted the German battleship Tirpitz.The operation sought to damage or destroy Tirpitz at her base in Kaafjord in the far north of Norway before she could become fully operational again following a period of repairs.
Work began on stripping Tirpitz's wreck soon after rescue efforts ended, and continued until the late 1950s. Change wreck to wreckage. As above Nick-D 10:14, 27 September 2019 (UTC) Prior to the end of the war German personnel removed the ships' brass propellers so they could be melted down, as well as some other components.
Tirpitz Museum is a war museum that is located in the village of Kåfjord in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. [1] [2] [non-primary source needed] History
Two hits from massive bombs and several near misses left Tirpitz a wreck and killed most of her crew. This article marks the end of the series I've been working on since 2013 covering the British air attacks on Tirpitz, and is now the only of these articles which is not a FA. The article was assessed as a GA in early August, and has since been ...
Operation Obviate was an unsuccessful 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, and sought to destroy the damaged battleship after she moved to a new anchorage near Tromsø in northern Norway.