Movements of major German warships Admiral Hipper, Admiral Scheer and Tirpitz according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 11 March 1942

Admiral Scheer

Source Werft-Reederei-Hafen 15 April 1933

Admiral Hipper.

Drawing of G.J. Frans Naerebout, earlier published in Op de lange deining

Tirpitz anchored in the Alta Fjord, Norway between 1943-1944

. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, MH 71390

An item reported that the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer (1) and heavy cruiser Hipper (2) seemed to left Trondheim, Norway and went to open sea [see also Summary no. 9]. Nothing was known what the battleship Tirpitz (3) was up to since she was without success attacked by British torpedo planes on 9 March [Summary No. 90].

Notes

1. Of the Deutschland-class panzerschiffe later classified as heavy cruisers preceded by the Admiral Hipper-class. Main armament 2x3-28cm/11”guns on fore and aft ship one turret. Laid down by Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven, Germany on 25 June 1931, launched on 1 April 1933, commissioned on 12 November 1934, sunk during an air attack at Kiel, Germany on 9 April 1945, partly broken up and the remains used of filling up the inner part of the dockyard.

2. Summary 12 March suggested the Prinz Eugen.

3. Laid down by Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven, Germany on 2 November 1936, launched on 1 April 1939, commissioned on 25 February 1941 and sunk by the Royal Air Force on 12 November 1944 at Tromsø, Norway, with her wreck broken up between 1948-1957. Of the Bismarck-class as answer on the French Richelieu-class battleships.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 91 dated 11 March 1942.