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List Of Ships Named Tirpitz
A number of ships have been named ''Tirpitz'' or ''Admiral von Tirpitz'', after the German admiral Alfred von Tirpitz Alfred Peter Friedrich von Tirpitz (; born Alfred Peter Friedrich Tirpitz; 19 March 1849 – 6 March 1930) was a German grand admiral and State Secretary of the German Imperial Naval Office, the powerful administrative branch of the German Imperi ..., including the following: Naval vessels * , launched 1916 * German battleship ''Tirpitz'', a World War II-era Bismarck-class battleship Merchant ships * , a passenger-cargo vessel of Hamburg-America Line * ''Tirpitz'' (1913), an ocean liner completed in 1919 (launched 1913 as ''Admiral von Tirpitz'' for Hamburg-America Line), but better known as ''Empress of Australia'' * , a cargo liner of Hamburg America Line, lost by mine in 1941 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tirpitz Ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Von Tirpitz
Alfred Peter Friedrich von Tirpitz (; born Alfred Peter Friedrich Tirpitz; 19 March 1849 – 6 March 1930) was a German grand admiral and State Secretary of the German Imperial Naval Office, the powerful administrative branch of the German Imperial Navy from 1897 until 1916. Prussia never had a major navy, nor did the other German states before the German Empire was formed in 1871. Tirpitz took the modest Imperial Navy and, starting in the 1890s, turned it into a world-class force that could threaten Britain's Royal Navy. However, during World War I, his High Seas Fleet proved unable to end Britain's command of the sea and its chokehold on Germany's economy. The one great engagement at sea, the Battle of Jutland, ended in a narrow German tactical victory but a strategic failure. As the High Seas Fleet's limitations became increasingly apparent during the war, Tirpitz became an outspoken advocate for unrestricted submarine warfare, a policy which would ultimately bring Germany into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Battleship Tirpitz
() was the second of two s built for Nazi Germany's (navy) prior to and during the Second World War. Named after Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, the architect of the (Imperial Navy), the ship was laid down at the in Wilhelmshaven in November 1936 and her Hull (watercraft), hull was launched two and a half years later. Work was completed in February 1941, when she was commissioned into the German fleet. Like her sister ship, , was armed with a main battery of eight 38 cm SK C/34 naval gun, guns in four twin Gun turret, turrets. After a series of wartime modifications she was 2000 tonnes heavier than , making her the heaviest battleship ever built by a European navy. After completing sea trials in early 1941, briefly served as the centrepiece of the Baltic Fleet, which was intended to prevent a possible break-out attempt by the Soviet Baltic Fleet#Great Patriotic War, Soviet Baltic Fleet. In early 1942, the ship sailed to Norway to act as a deterrent against an Allied in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RMS Empress Of Australia (1919)
RMS ''Empress of Australia'' was an ocean liner built in 1913–1919 by Stettiner Vulcan AG, Vulcan AG shipyard in Szczecin, Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland) for the Hamburg America Line.Haworth, R.BMiramar Ship Index She was refitted for Canadian Pacific Steamships; and the ship – the third of three CP vessels to be named ''Empress of China'' – was renamed yet again in 1922 as ''Empress of Australia.''Ship List Description of ''Empress of Australia'' In trans-Pacific service, the ship garnered fame for her part in rescue efforts at Tokyo following the 1923 Great Kantō e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
