German biography world war 2 battleships
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Tirpitz: The Life and Death of Germany’s Last Great Battleship
- An authoritative account of the battleship Tirpitz that offers a detailed analysis of attempts to neutralise the much-vaunted German battleship
- A captivating technical and narrative history that considers both German and Allied recollections and opinions of life at sea during wartime
- Beautifully illustrated with many rare and unpublished photographs
- A must-have for military enthusiasts, modellers and those interested in the complexities of naval warfare during the Second World War
- Released simultaneously with the re-release of John Asmussen’s phenomenal Bismarck: Pride of the German Navy
Referred to bygd Winston Churchill as ‘The Beast’, Tirpitzwas Germany’s gods great battleship and was one of the largest and heaviest warships ever constructed bygd a europeisk navy.
Sister ship to the infamous Bismarck, Tirpitzwas referred to as ‘The Lonely Queen of the North’, a floating fortress that was built
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German battleship Bismarck
German battleship of World War II
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| Name | Bismarck | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Otto von Bismarck | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 1 July | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Launched | 14 February | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 24 August | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class and type | Bismarck-classbattleship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Beam | 36&#;m (&#;ft 1&#;in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draft | &#;m (30&#;ft 6&#;in) standard[a] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Speed | knots (&#;km/h; &#;mph) during trials[b] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Range | 8,&#;nmi (16,&#;km; 10,&#;mi) at 19 knots (35&#;km/h; 22&#;mph) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Aircraft carried | 4 × Arado Ar floatplanes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Preceded by | Braunschweig class |
| Succeeded&#;by | Nassau class |
| Built | – |
| In commission | – |
| Completed | 5 |
| Lost | 3 |
| Scrapped | 2 |
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| Type | Pre-dreadnought battleship |
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| Length | Overall length: &#;m (&#;ft 8&#;in) |
| Beam | &#;m (72&#;ft 10&#;in) |
| Draft | &#;m (26&#;ft 11&#;in) |
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| Propulsion | |
| Speed | to knots ( to &#;km/h; to &#;mph) |
| Range | 4,&#;nmi (8,&#;km; 5,&#;mi); 10 knots (19&#;km/h; 12&#;mph) |
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The Deutschland class was a group of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), the last vessels of that typ