Ship name: KMS Tirpitz
Ship type: battleship
Ship class: Bismarck
Launched: 1 April 1939
Commissioned: 25 February 1941
Complement: 2065 – 2600 men
Displacement: 53500 tonnes (maximum)
Main Armament: 8 x 380 mm L/52 SK C/34 (4 × 2)
Secondary Armament: 12 × 150 mm L/55 SK-C/28 (6 × 2)
Fate: sunk by Lancaster bombers on 12 November 1944 (Tromsø Norway)
Bibliography:
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