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RAF bombers sink the German battleship Tirpitz! (Restored 1944)

"Operation Catechism," the final British attack on the German battleship Tirpitz, the Bismarck's surviving sister ship, took place on 12 November 1944. The ship used her main 38 cm guns against the bombers, which approached the battleship at 09:35, forcing them to temporarily disperse, but did not turn back the attack. 32 Lancaster bombers from Nos. 9 and 617 Squadrons dropped 29 12,000 lb Tallboys on the ship, with two direct hits and one near miss. Other bombs landed within the anti-torpedo net and caused cratering of the seabed, removing most of the sandbank built to keep the ship from capsizing. One bomb penetrated the ship's deck between turrets Anton and Bruno but failed to explode. A second hit amidships between the aircraft catapult and the funnel and caused severe damage. A large hole was blown in the ship's side and bottom and that section of belt armor was destroyed. A third bomb may have struck the ship on the port side of turret Caesar The amidships hit caused flooding and increased the port list to between 15 and 20 degrees. In ten minutes the list increased to 30 to 40 degrees and the captain issued the order to abandon ship. Progressive flooding increased the list to 60 degrees by 09:50. Eight minutes later, an explosion rocked turret Caesar. The turret roof and part of the rotating structure were thrown 25 m (82 ft) into the air and over into a group of men swimming to shore. Tirpitz rolled over and buried her superstructure in the sea floor. The sinking if the Tirptiz eliminated a major threat to Allied convoys along the vital Arctic Sea route to Murmansk, Russia. (My thanks to Wikipedia for most of this info.) Zeno http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com We have 100s of films in our library. We have licensed footage to major TV networks and cable channels. For more info see    / zenoswarbirds   Zeno