Tirpitz
Tirpitz was a battleship of the German Kriegsmarine, a sister ship to the German battleship Bismarck, and named for Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz. She was launched after Bismarck but was deployed in a similar manner, being sent against Allied merchant shipping in the North Atlantic.
As a result of the Commando raid on Vaagso Tirpitz was sent to spent most of World War II in Norwegian fjords, offering a serious threat to Allied Arctic convoys to Russia and tying down Royal Navy resources but not venturing forth. The threat was sufficient that in a very risky operation British X class midget submarines planted explosive charges beneath Tirpitz in September 1943. This succeeded in disabling Tirpitz. After she was repaired she was attacked by carrier born aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm, which only did superficial damage. She was finally sunk in Tromsø fjord on 11 November 1944 by Avro Lancasters of RAF 617 and 9 Squadrons equipped with the Barnes Wallis tallboy bombs on their third attempt. The first of which had been launched from Russia.
