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Yes. I was reading about the Tirpitz as I wrote that so I was talking about the Tall Boy.
 
I don't actually know, but what I was reading said 13,200 lbs TallBoy. And as that figure was in my head, I decided to use it. I don't really care about how the Tirpitz was ended, I'm actually reading mostly about all the Navies. And a little thing about the Italian Aircraft Carriers.
 
well there were to raids (i'm doing this from memory so there will proberly be mistakes) and it the first raid launched from russia, one hit from a 2,000lb bomb, the damage this caused forced the germans to move the tirpitz to within range of a raid launched from britain, in the second raid there were two hits from tall boys, forcing it to capsize.................
 
I believe there were three raids launched against the Tirpitz but one was hendered by the German smoke screen if I remember right.

Bomb weights are often rounded (for example the true weight of a 500lb bomb is something like 505lbs). Maybe that was the case with the Tallboy - but that's just a possibility.
 
I read there were several raids on the Tirpitz, but the last one that capsized it said there were three TallBoys that hit it.
 
15th September 1944 - first air raid on Tirpitz using Tallboys (16 Lancasters with them and 11 with standard bomb load) - only one bomb exploded near the ship. Huge blast and wave caused by explosion broke away a big part of upper deck and damaged ship's side.
29th October 1944 - one Tallboy (out of 32 used) exploded near Tirpitz damaging ship's side.
12th November 1944 - third and last air raid with Tallboys. 32 Lancasters (29 with Tallboys) achieved two direct hits and one almost direct (just by the Tirpitz), which ripped up ship's hull. Tirpitz in a very short period of time turned turtle. 800 of total 1204 seamen died.

Source: "Battleships of Second World War" by Cezary Szoszkiewicz
 
I fail to see how, as I stated 3 bombs dropped when you said 2. Since 2 actually hit though, you were nearly right. While I was completely right.
 

if you read that you'll find i do meantion hits from three bombs................
 
You stated in two different raids, when I was talking about the final raid when the Tirpitz actually sank.
 
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