Tirpitz
Title
Tirpitz
Description
Target photograph showing shoreline, with smoke obscuring the island of Hakøya within Tromsø fjord. Battleship Tirpitz can be seen just right of centre through smoke. Three water-spouts from earlier explosions above and to the right. Anti-aircraft tracer visible to top centre. Captioned ‘3°F’, ‘5’, 685 LOS 12.11.44 //8" 15400’ 325° 0843 Tirpitz J 1 HC 12000 DT. C 31secs F/L Gumbley 617'.
Date
1944-11-12
Temporal Coverage
Type
Format
One b/w photograph
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Identifier
SGillK1438901v40002-0001
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Citation
“Tirpitz,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 27, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/35926.
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