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13 Οκτ 2008 · Can anyone confirm where these parts may be coming from (individual divers?) and whether this "sale in the 1990s" (albeit perhaps controversial) actually happened? Pictures available if that helps. Thanks!
- Own a Part of The Tirpitz
There is a product being made from parts of the Tirpitz....
- Own a Part of The Tirpitz
7 Ιουλ 2005 · The Tirpitz took many years to break up, i don't have the exact year they finished but it was in the 50's, there are some small pieces left on the shore, at the wreck site itself there's wreckage on the bottom and is unfortunately a popular dive site with no protection.
17 Απρ 2018 · Fine lot of three relics salvaged from the wreck of the German battleship TIRPITZ, sister to the infamous BISMARCK, sunk by Royal Air Force bombers off Norway in November 1944. Includes: section of rusted metal, approx. 4 1/2" long, taken from a valve handle aboard the wreck.
1 Απρ 2020 · Tirpitz was sunk by bombers of the RAF on Nov. 12, 1944 which dropped "Tallboy" bombs upon the ship. These relics were recovered by Norwegian salvage divers in the 1950's and purchased by our consignor at that time. Evocative mementos from the heaviest battleship ever built by a European navy.
21 Ιουλ 2023 · The two short articles discuss the extensive post war salvage operation on the Tirpitz by the Norwegian salvage company that purchased the wreck. Both articles were originally published as newspaper reports and then reprinted in the USA professional military reference magazine ‘Military Review’.
20 Φεβ 2023 · On November 12, 1944, British “Tallboy” bombs from Royal Air Force Lancasters struck and sank Tirpitz near Tromsø, killing about 1,000 German sailors. Scrap from the once-mighty ship was sold off in a postwar salvage operation that lasted 11 years, a final testament to Tirpitz ’s massive size. (Jim Laurier)
18 Απρ 2021 · I'm trying to find details on the origin of the steel fragment I included in the pictures attached ... it has all the markings of the museum in Tromso, and I heard (online search) that parts were being sold by either a salvage company and/or the museum at some point in the 1990s ... however when I reached out to the museum in Tromso they claim ...