List of Allied attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz

The German battleship Tirpitz was attacked on multiple occasions by Allied forces during World War II. While most of the attacks failed to inflict any damage on the battleship, she was placed out of action for a lengthy period following the Operation Source midget submarine attack on 22 September 1943 and for a short period after the Operation Tungsten aircraft carrier strike on 3 April 1944. Tirpitz suffered severe and irreparable damage after being hit by a Tallboy bomb during the Operation Paravane air raid on 15 September 1944, and was sunk with heavy loss of life in the Operation Catechism raid on 12 November that year.

List of attacks

Date	Location	Allied units	Attacking force	Damage	Allied losses	Notes
8/9 October 1940	Wilhelmshaven	RAF Bomber Command	17 Hampdens	None	None	Attacked Tirpitz in dry dock[1]
8/9 January 1941	Wilhelmshaven	RAF Bomber Command	32 Wellington, Whitley, Hampdens	None	None	[2]
29/30 January 1941	Wilhelmshaven	RAF Bomber Command	25 Wellingtons, 9 Hampdens	None	None	[3]
28 February/1 March 1941	Wilhelmshaven	RAF Bomber Command	116 Blenheim, Hampden, Wellington, Whitleys	None	1 Blenheim	75 reported bombing Wilhelmshaven, no damage recorded[4]
28/29 May 1941	Kiel	RAF Bomber Command	14 Whitleys	None	1 Whitley	3 aircraft reached target area, bad weather[5]
20/21 June 1941	Kiel	RAF Bomber Command	47 Wellingtons, 24 Hampdens, 20 Whitleys, 13 Stirling, 11 Halifax heavy bombers	None	2 Wellingtons	Bombed Kiel[6][7]
28/29 January 1942	Åsenfjorden	Royal Air Force	9 Halifaxs, 7 Stirlings	None	1 Stirling	[8][9]
9 March 1942	At sea off the Lofoten islands	HMS Victorious	12 Albacore torpedo bombers	None	2 Albacores	Attacked during Operation Sportpalast[9]
30/31 March 1942	Fættenfjord	Royal Air Force	33 Halifaxes	None	5 Halifaxes	Most failed to find target[9]
27/28 April 1942	Fættenfjord	Royal Air Force	31 Halifaxes, 12 Lancasters	None	5 aircraft	[9]
28/29 April 1942	Fættenfjord	Royal Air Force	23 Halifaxes, 11 Lancasters	None	2 aircraft	[9]
31 October 1942	Trondheimsfjord	Royal Navy	2 Chariot manned torpedoes	None	2 Chariots, 1 trawler	Operation Title failed, mechanical problems[10]
22 September 1943	Kaafjord	Royal Navy	4 X Craft	Serious damage	3 X-craft, 3 killed, 6 captured	Operation Source[11]
10/11 February 1944	Kaafjord	Soviet Air Forces	15 aircraft	None	None	4 aircraft found target[12]
3 April 1944	Kaafjord	Home Fleet	40 Barracuda dive bombers, 80 fighters	15 bomb hits and strafing, superficial damage, 122 killed, 316 wounded	3 Barracudas, 1 Hellcat, 9 killed	Operation Tungsten[9]
24 April 1944	Kaafjord	Home Fleet	N/A	None	None	Operation Planet, cancelled, bad weather[9]
15 May 1944	Kaafjord	Home Fleet	27 Barracudas, 36 fighters	None	None	Operation Brawn cancelled, bad weather[9]
28 May 1944	Kaafjord	Home Fleet	N/A	None	None	Operation Tiger Claw, cancelled, bad weather[9]
17 July 1944	Kaafjord	Home Fleet	44 Barracudas, 40 fighters	None	1 Barracuda, 1 Corsair	Operation Mascot[13]
22 August 1944 (am)	Kaafjord	Home Fleet	44 Barracudas, 53 fighters	None	3 aircraft	Operation Goodwood[13]
22 August 1944 (pm)	Kaafjord	Home Fleet	14 fighters	None	None	Operation Goodwood[13]
24 August 1944	Kaafjord	Home Fleet	33 Barracudas, 44 fighters	2 bomb hits, minor damage	6 aircraft	Operation Goodwood[13]
29 August 1944	Kaafjord	Home Fleet	26 Barracudas, 41 fighters	None	2 aircraft	Operation Goodwood[13]
15 September 1944	Kaafjord	9 Squadron, 617 Squadron	28 Lancasters	1 bomb, severe damage	None	Operation Paravane[13]
29 October 1944	Tromsø	9 Squadron, 617 Squadron	38 Lancasters	Near miss	1 Lancaster	Operation Obviate[13]
12 November 1944	Tromsø	9 Squadron, 617 Squadron	32 Lancasters	Tirpitz sunk, 950–1,204 killed	1 Lancaster	Operation Catechism[13]