I have found 11 operations to sink the Tirpitz by aircraft mainly bombing missions.
This ship is the second and last battleship of the Bismarck class. It has been been patrolling the Atlantic disrupting shipping.
Top brass has deemed this target to be the highest priority.
"The destruction, or even the crippling, of this ship is the greatest event at sea at the present time. No other target is comparable to it. The entire naval situation throughout the world would be altered." ~Winston Churchill
TECHNICAL DATA
Displacement: standard 43,900 mt, full load max. 53,500 mt.
Dimensions: Waterline length 241.72 m, overall length 253.6 m, beam 36 m, maximum draft 10.61 m, depth 15 m.
Armour: main belt 315 mm, main turrets 130-360 mm, upper deck 50-80 mm, armour deck 80-120 mm, conning tower 220-350 mm, torpedo bulkhead 45 mm.
Armament:
A) 8 x 38cm/L52
B) 12 x 15cm/L55
C) 16 x 10.5cm/L65
D) 16 x 3.7cm/L83
E) 20(38)1 x 2cm
F) 8 x 53.3cm torpedo tubes in two quadruple mounts.
1Note some of the 2cm guns have been added/upgraded after the first deck view. While the Tirpitz was docked at Gotenhafen (Gdynia, Poland) in October 1941, the antiaircraft battery was increased. The battleship now boasts 28 twin 2cm guns with Dopp LC/30 mounting and 10 2cm single guns with Ein LC/34 mountings. In addition two quadruple torpedo mounts are installed on the upper deck to each side of the ship amidships.
Aircraft: 4 x Arado ar 196.
Propulsion plant: 12 Wagner boilers, three Brown Bovery turbine sets, 163,026 hp (maximum obtained).
Speed: 30.8 knots (maximum obtained).
Endurance: 9,280 nm at 16 knots, 8,870 nm at 19 knots, 6,693 nm at 24 knots, 4,728 nm at 28 knots.
Fuel capacity: 8,297 mt.
Crew: 2,608 (108 officers and 2,500 men).
Not sure how attacking a ship works but you may want to bring in fighters and dive bombers to take out the AA guns first. Then try torpedo planes and high altitude bombers to finish the job. It takes a lot of punishment though enough damage sustained to remove the ship from combat is still a success, albeit a temporary one.
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