Talk:German battleship Tirpitz

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On July 5th, 1942 the Russian submarine K-21 located the German escort of Operation Rösselsprung and claimed to have hit Tirpitz with two torpesdoes. However, the ship's war logs report no such incident, and she reportedly wasn't damaged. One Russian theory dictates that the Tirpitz was indeed damaged, but was quietly brought in to berth and repared to avoid the Führer's wrath. This seems somewhat far-fetched, however.

Contents 1 german navy flag 2 British attempts to sink Tirpitz 3 Dimensions? 4 Suggestions

[edit] german navy flag

the picture needs to be decreased in size, it's quality is WAY to low for it to be displayed at that size.

[edit] British attempts to sink Tirpitz

I have added descriptions (some minor) of various attacks on the Tirpitz. It arguable that these should be described individually in separate articles. Could do this, but some are very minor and being together they show the progression and linkage between the attempts. Or should I expand the major ones into articles? Folks at 137 17:30, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Dimensions?

Stated dimensions are: 251m x 36m x 8.7m

251m is length, 36m is probably height, and 8.7 - width?

Judgin by this picture, the width should be at least 4 times that.

http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/germany/battleships/tirpitz/22_kaafjord_mar_1943.jpg

Please verify.

36 m is width, 8.7m is draft. But draft should be 10m or more, see Bismarch article for data. --Denniss 18:08, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

This site [1] has these dimensions:

Length (Total): 251,0 m

Length (Waterline):241,6 m

Beam: 36,0 m

Draft: 10,6 m

This site [2] gives 9.9m for "designed draft" and 10.61m as "maximum draft", and compares Bismarck & Tirpitz.

Hope this helps. Folks at 137 19:29, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

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