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Remains of the secondary armament of the Kriegsmarine battleschip TIRPITZ, sunk on 12 november 1944 near Tromso, Norway. Seen during an excursion during a cruise with CMV's MAGELLAN (now scrapped as well). In Kafjord is also a very informative small museum about the stay of TIRPITZ at Kafjord near Alta, Norway.
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Not in Alta but lying at Tromsø, the Tirpitz was attacked again on 12 November 1944 in Operation 'Catechism' by 29 British Avro Lancaster bombers armed with 'Tallboy' bombs. Due to poor communications, German fighters had failed to reach the Tirpitz in time. The smoke screen generators that had so often hampered air attacks were not yet operational and the British planes were able to make an easy attack. A first hit amidships caused extensive damage and flooded large parts of the ship, a second hit between the two forward gun turrets was a dud, and it is unclear whether there was a third hit, because nearby hits had completely obliterated the sand bed under the Tirpitz, the ship capsized anyway. [26] Of the 1058 crew members trapped in the overturned ship, 87 could still be saved by burning holes in the ship's hull.[27]
After the war, the ship was scrapped on site between 1949 and 1957.
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