Salvage Work Reclaims Tirpitz Steel and Motors
Salvage workers recovered tons of steel and many electric motors from the German battleship Tirpitz, sunk in a Norwegian fjord in 1944 by British bombers.
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1957
Page
12
Salvage workers recovered tons of steel and many electric motors from the German battleship Tirpitz, sunk in a Norwegian fjord in 1944 by British bombers.
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