#FirepowerFriday #WW2 #ships: #Germany's mighty and handsome 52,600-ton 8x15" battleship Tirpitz at speed↖️ and Tromso fjord, #Norway↗️. ↙️↘️Perhaps on November 12, 1944 when she was sunk by RAF Lancasters. Her clean lines betray a lack of AA. Photo: ACME.
2/ Per reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/…, here's a #USNavy manual excerpt on Tirpitz identifying what is what.
3/ Tirpitz was, of course, the second and last ship of the Bismarck-class battleships. These diagrams from forum.worldofwarships.com/topic/199855-t…, etc., show her gentle evolution over time, especially ↖️↗️↙️where we see improvements in AA, radars and camo. ↘️ is similar to ↗️.
4/ Tirpitz's wide beam⬅️ made her a very stable gun platform. vaunted L/52 15" guns firing↗️. I don't recall her having any surface action, so presumably this was just for practice. Still... very impressive. And here↘️she's in a Norwegian fjord. #ships #battleship
5/ More Tirpitz photos↖️, amazing 3D rendering detail ↗️from pinterest.com/pin/4723150796…, a famous camouflage photo of Tirpitz↙️ (but where's a full view?) and the battleship's Officer's Wardroom↘️.
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