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)