List of ships named Tirpitz

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A number of ships have been named Tirpitz or Admiral von Tirpitz, after the German admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, including the following:

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alfred von Tirpitz</span> Imperial German Navy official (1849–1930)

Alfred Peter Friedrich von Tirpitz was a German grand admiral, Secretary of State of the German Imperial Naval Office, the powerful administrative branch of the German Imperial Navy from 1897 until 1916.

Tirpitz may refer to:

Aktien-Gesellschaft Vulcan Stettin was a German shipbuilding and locomotive building company. Founded in 1851, it was located near the former eastern German city of Stettin, today Polish Szczecin. Because of the limited facilities in Stettin, in 1907 an additional yard was built in Hamburg. The now named Vulcan-Werke Hamburg und Stettin Actiengesellschaft constructed some of the most famous civilian German ships and it played a significant role in both World Wars, building warships for the Kaiserliche Marine and the Kriegsmarine later.

RMS <i>Empress of Australia</i> (1919)

RMS Empress of Australia was an ocean liner built in 1913–1919 by Vulcan AG shipyard in Stettin, Germany for the Hamburg America Line. She was refitted for Canadian Pacific Steamships; and the ship – the third of three CP vessels to be named Empress of China – was renamed yet again in 1922 as Empress of Australia.

A number of ships have been named SS Königin Luise:

Three ships have borne the name Empress of Australia:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">High Seas Fleet</span> Imperial German Navy fleet

The High Seas Fleet (Hochseeflotte) was the battle fleet of the German Imperial Navy and saw action during the First World War. The formation was created in February 1907, when the Home Fleet (Heimatflotte) was renamed as the High Seas Fleet. Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz was the architect of the fleet; he envisioned a force powerful enough to challenge the Royal Navy's predominance. Kaiser Wilhelm II, the German Emperor, championed the fleet as the instrument by which he would seize overseas possessions and make Germany a global power. By concentrating a powerful battle fleet in the North Sea while the Royal Navy was required to disperse its forces around the British Empire, Tirpitz believed Germany could achieve a balance of force that could seriously damage British naval hegemony. This was the heart of Tirpitz's "Risk Theory", which held that Britain would not challenge Germany if the latter's fleet posed such a significant threat to its own.

Several steamships have borne the name Donau, after the German name for the river Danube:

Several steamships have borne the name Sirius:

Several steamships have borne the name Pfalz, after the Palatinate region in Germany:

Several steamships have borne the name Irma:

Five steamships have borne the name Bosnia, after Bosnia:

Several steamships have borne the name Main:

Several steamships have been named Silesia after the province of Schlesien

References

  1. ↑ "Grossadmiral von Tirpitz (6106681)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  2. ↑ "Tirpitz (2219317)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  3. ↑ "Tirpitz (5605403)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 2023-10-08.
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