List of ships named Tirpitz

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

Naval vessels

German naval trawler Grossadmiral von Tirpitz, launched 1916[1]
German battleship Tirpitz, a World War II-era Bismarck-class battleship

Merchant ships

Admiral von Tirpitz (1905), a passenger-cargo vessel of Hamburg-America Line[2]
Tirpitz (1913), an ocean liner completed in 1919 (launched 1913 as Admiral von Tirpitz for Hamburg-America Line), but better known as Empress of Australia
Tirpitz (1921), a cargo liner of Hamburg America Line, lost by mine in 1941[3]

References

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

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