An item reported that the German battleship Tirpitz (1) escorted by 3 smaller ships in their northward attack out of Trondheim, Norway during 6-9 March destroyed just one ship namely a Russian freighter westbound from Murmansk.
Note
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
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 102 dated 22 March 1942
No comments:
Post a Comment