German battleship Tirpitz

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/German_battleship_Tirpitz
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:armament 12 × 15 cm (5.9 in) SK C/28 guns
16 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK C/33 guns
16 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) Flak guns
20 × 2 cm (0.79 in) Flak guns
8 × 38 cm (15 in) SK C/34 guns
belt: 320 mm
deck: 50–120 mm
turrets: 360 mm
gptkbp:beam 36 m
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kriegsmarinewerft_Wilhelmshaven
gptkbp:causeOfLoss Royal Air Force bombing
gptkbp:class gptkb:Bismarck-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned 25 February 1941
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:crew 2,608 (wartime)
gptkbp:displacement 42,900 tonnes (standard)
52,600 tonnes (full load)
gptkbp:draught 10.6 m
gptkbp:enemyOf gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:British_Royal_Navy
British midget submarines
gptkbp:fate sunk
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German battleship Tirpitz
gptkbp:laidDown 2 November 1936
gptkbp:launched 1 April 1939
gptkbp:length 251 m
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Alfred_von_Tirpitz
gptkbp:notableEvent largest battleship built by Germany
nicknamed 'The Lonely Queen of the North'
spent most of career in Norwegian fjords
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Operation_Catechism
gptkb:Operation_Source
gptkb:Operation_Tungsten
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkbp:powers 163,023 shp
gptkbp:propulsion 3 geared steam turbines
12 Wagner boilers
gptkbp:range 8,870 nautical miles at 19 knots
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:German_battleship_Bismarck
gptkbp:speed 30.8 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy gptkb:Tromsø,_Norway
12 November 1944
gptkbp:threats gptkb:Allied_Arctic_convoys
gptkbp:wreckSalvaged 1948–1957
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Operation_Paravane
gptkb:Operation_Catechism
gptkb:X-class_submarine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5