| Operation Tungsten (3 April 1944) |
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| The unsuspecting Tirpitz at anchor behind her nets in Kåfjord. |
0530 on 3 April 1944. Tirpitz has weighed anchor and is about to proceed to sea. Smoke has just been released from the canisters ashore, but too late to conceal her. |
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| The attack of 3 April 1944 sounded the death knell for Tirpitz. These British aerial photographs shows the ship lying in Kåfjord amid a hail of bombs, her attempted smokescreen not yet having been fully deployed. |
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| A photograph taken on 15 April 1944 showing the damage caused on 3 April. Burnt-out rooms and a splinter-riddled superstructure are evident. |
A photograph showing the severity of the damage. |
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| One of the 10.5cm flak guns knocked out by blast. |
Looking down on the port superstructure deck: At top right is the damaged twin 10.5cm flak gun, at bottom right the damaged crane. The deck is strewn with wreckage. |
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| A view over the port quarter, where the funnel mantle and upperworks have obvious fire damage. The flak guns are all unserviceable. |
A burnt-out aircraft in the ruins of its hangar. |
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| Heavy damage to the port-side superstructure forward at bridge deck level. |
Damaged bulkheads on the superstructure deck. |
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| The burial service for the crew members killed during the attack of 3 April 1944. Losses were particularly heavy amongst the flak gunners. |