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I read that there is a salvage company that is still selling bits and pieces of Tirpitz?
Tirpitz in Tromso Fjord
Here's another of the Tirpitz prior to an attack by the Fleet Air Arm I believe. This was anchored in Alten fjord
A/c in the photo are these
So is this one of the ferry pilots having a quick read about the plane before leaving with it for the UK.
The Wizard
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OK, so nukes are a touchy subject and clearly there are disagreements.....anyone want to keep talking about big bad-ass battleships?
Being army I am not familiar with naval turret design. What are the two "ports" on the front of the turret for and what is with the projection from the rear side of the turret? Rangefinder?
You can buy a pocket knife made from Tirpitz steel -
https://www.boker.de/us/pocket-knife/boker/damascus-collector-knife/110190DAM.html
Parts occasionally come up for sale on Norwegian auction websites, most recently a massive electric generator in 2013. A few years ago divers found a cache of un-issued German High Sea fleet badges at the Tirpitz site that wound up at auction.
Brookwood
EDIT - Here's a link to another forum showing one of the recovered badges -
http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=517511
And a link to a forum (with pics) discussing the Tirpitz 'engine' for sale -
http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/battlefield-history-relics/marine-engine-sale-tirpitz-304843-2/
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I knew a wonderful Canadian named Don Bell (from Toronto area) who flew on at least two of the Tirpitz raids conducted by 617 Sqn. He didn't tell the story quite the way it is now recorded...but I am sure the aircrew had to rely on photo recce until the Norwegian underground got reports and photo's out.
Not sure what the ports at the front are, but the one in the rear is for a co-incidential range finder..
i dont mean to be intrusive, but i would like to hear more about your experience over there. what unit, where, etc.
OK, so nukes are a touchy subject and clearly there are disagreements.....anyone want to keep talking about big bad-ass battleships?
Yes. I did a transit of the Panama Canal last month and found myself reflecting on the constraint that the width of the Canal imposed on US battleship design. The canal is 110 ft wide which limited the 45,000 ton Iowa class ships to a beam width of 108 ft 2in. The follow on 58,000 ton Montana class ships, which were never built, were drawn up with an eye to defeating the Japanese Mushashi class. The Montanas were to have had 4 x triple 16 inch gun turrets and a 121 ft beam which would have precluded them passing through the Canal.
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So how about wee ships?
There's one being preserved in the UK. http://www.bmpt.org.uk/ Long may she run.
There's one being preserved in the UK. http://www.bmpt.org.uk/ Long may she run.
They were a great design, fast and good sea-keepers. Would be interesting to see what that hull could do with gas turbines in it. The Kallotte (sp?) bridge was a fine idea too.
"Fast Fighting Boats" by Harald Fock is a great read if you like the "mosquito fleet." Lots of stuff that is not covered anywhere else.
"Fast Fighting Boats" by Harald Fock is a great read if you like the "mosquito fleet." Lots of stuff that is not covered anywhere else.
I believe those are sliding doors for local optics.
The backup rangefinder.
Heh, kinda. Those on the barbette below are actually (non-penetrating) vents.
