German major warships Tirpitz, Admiral Scheer, Admiral Hipper and Prinz Eugen lying in Norwegian waters according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee daily summary dated 2 May 1942

The Tirpitz

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

anchored in the Alta Fjord, Norway between 1943-1944

Admiral Scheer

Admiral Hipper

Source Werft-Reederei-Hafen 1939

An item reported that on the afternoon of 1 May the German battleship Tirpitz (1), pocket battleship Admiral Scheer (2) and heavy cruisers Admiral Hipper (3) and Prinz Eugen (4) still were lying in the Norwegian Trondheim Fjord on their usual berths except for the Admiral Scheer.

Notes

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Laid down by Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany on 6 July 1935, launched on 6 February 1937, commissioned on 29 April 1939, scuttled at Kiel, Germany being heavy damaged during a British air attack on 3 May 1945, finally salvaged in July 1945 and broken up between 1948-1952. Of the Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers, preceded by the Deutschland-class heavy cruisers also known as pocket-battleships.

4. Of the Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers, preceded by Deutschland-class. Laid down by Germaniawerft, Kiel on 23 April 1936, launched on 22 August 1938, commissioned on 1 August 1940, decommissioned on 7 May 1945, surrendered on 8 May 1945, handed over to the USA and sunk on 22 December 1946 during nuclear tests.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 143 dated 2 May 1942