Tirpitz (battleship)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried 4 Arado Ar 196 floatplanes
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
gptkbp:beam 36 m
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kriegsmarinewerft_Wilhelmshaven
gptkbp:class gptkb:Bismarck-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned 25 February 1941
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:crew 2,608 (wartime complement)
gptkbp:displacement 42,900 tonnes (standard)
52,600 tonnes (full load)
gptkbp:draught 10.6 m
gptkbp:fate sunk by Royal Air Force bombers
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Wilhelmshaven
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tirpitz (battleship)
gptkbp:laidDown 2 November 1936
gptkbp:launched 1 April 1939
gptkbp:length 251 m
gptkbp:locationSunk gptkb:Tromsø,_Norway
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Alfred_von_Tirpitz
gptkbp:notableEvent largest battleship built by Germany
damaged by British midget submarines
last major warship lost by Germany in WWII
subject of multiple British air attacks
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Operation_Catechism
gptkb:Operation_Source
gptkb:Operation_Tungsten
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkbp:propulsion 3-shaft geared turbines
gptkbp:range 8,870 nmi at 19 knots
gptkbp:role fleet in being
gptkbp:servicePeriod 1941–1944
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:Bismarck_(battleship)
gptkbp:speed 30.8 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy 12 November 1944
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Blohm+Voss_shipyard
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7