List of Allied attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz
List of attacks

List of Allied attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz

Section Title: List of attacks
Table Section Text: None

Date	Location	Allied units involved	Attacking force	Damage inflicted to Tirpitz	Allied losses	Comments	References

8/9 October 1940	Wilhelmshaven	RAF Bomber Command	17 Hampden medium bombers	None	None	Attempted to bomb Tirpitz in the Wilhelmshaven dry dock

8/9 January 1941	Wilhelmshaven	RAF Bomber Command	Total of 32 Wellington, Whitley and Hampden medium bombers	None	None

29/30 January 1941	Wilhelmshaven	RAF Bomber Command	25 Wellington medium bombers 9 Hampden medium bombers	None	None

28 February/1 March 1941	Wilhelmshaven	RAF Bomber Command	Total of 116 Blenheim, Hampden, Wellington and Whitley bombers	None	1 Blenheim	75 of the attackers reported bombing Wilhelmshaven, but no damage was recorded in the city

28/29 May 1941	Kiel	RAF Bomber Command	14 Whitley medium bombers	None	1 Whitley	Only 3 of the aircraft dispatched reached the target area due to bad weather

20/21 June 1941	Kiel	RAF Bomber Command	47 Wellington medium bombers 24 Hampden medium bombers 20 Whitley medium bombers 13 Stirling heavy bombers 11 Halifax heavy bombers	None	2 Wellingtons	Raid sought to locate and then attack Tirpitz, but the attackers did not sight her. Attacking force bombed the city of Kiel instead.

28/29 January 1942	Åsenfjorden	Royal Air Force	9 Halifax bombers 7 Stirling bombers	None	1 Stirling

9 March 1942	At sea off the Lofoten islands	HMS Victorious	12 Albacore torpedo bombers	None	2 Albacores	Attacked during the Operation Sportpalast raid

30/31 March 1942	Fættenfjord	Royal Air Force	33 Halifaxes	None	5 Halifaxes	Most aircraft unable to locate the target area

27/28 April 1942	Fættenfjord	Royal Air Force	31 Halifaxes 12 Lancasters	None	5 aircraft

28/29 April 1942	Fættenfjord	Royal Air Force	23 Halifaxes 11 Lancasters	None	2 aircraft

31 October 1942	Trondheimsfjord	Royal Navy	2 Chariot manned torpedoes	None	2 Chariot manned torpedoes 1 trawler	Operation Title Operation failed due to mechanical problems

22 September 1943	Kaafjord	Royal Navy	4 X Craft midget submarines	Extensive damage	3 midget submarines 3 killed, 6 captured	Operation Source

10/11 February 1944	Kaafjord	Soviet Air Forces	15 aircraft	None	None	Only 4 aircraft reached the target area

3 April 1944	Kaafjord	Home Fleet	40 Barracuda dive bombers 80 fighters	Light damage from 15 bomb hits and straffing 122 killed, 316 wounded	3 Barracudas 1 Hellcat 9 killed	Operation Tungsten

24 April 1944	Kaafjord	Home Fleet	N/A	None	None	Operation Planet Cancelled due to bad weather before aircraft were launched

15 May 1944	Kaafjord	Home Fleet	27 Barracuda dive bombers 36 fighters	None	None	Operation Brawn Cancelled due to bad weather after aircraft were launched

28 May 1944	Kaafjord	Home Fleet	N/A	None	None	Operation Tiger Claw Cancelled due to bad weather before aircraft were launched

17 July 1944	Kaafjord	Home Fleet	44 Barracuda dive bombers 40 fighters	None	1 Barracuda 1 Corsair	Operation Mascot

22 August 1944 (am)	Kaafjord	Home Fleet	44 Barracuda dive bombers 53 fighters	None	3 aircraft	Operation Goodwood

22 August 1944 (pm)	Kaafjord	Home Fleet	14 fighters	None	None	Operation Goodwood

24 August 1944	Kaafjord	Home Fleet	33 Barracuda dive bombers 44 fighters	Superficial damage from 2 bomb hits	6 aircraft	Operation Goodwood

29 August 1944	Kaafjord	Home Fleet	26 Barracuda dive bombers 41 fighters	None	2 aircraft	Operation Goodwood

15 September 1944	Kaafjord	No. 9 Squadron RAF No. 617 Squadron RAF	28 Lancaster heavy bombers	Severe damage from 1 bomb hit	None	Operation Paravane

29 October 1944	Tromsø	No. 9 Squadron RAF No. 617 Squadron RAF	38 Lancaster heavy bombers	Minor damage from a near miss	1 Lancaster	Operation Obviate

12 November 1944	Tromsø	No. 9 Squadron RAF No. 617 Squadron RAF	32 Lancaster heavy bombers	Capsized after 3 direct hits and 2 near misses Between 950 and 1,204 killed	None	Operation Catechism

Sentence(s)

The Operation Mascot attack was one of strikes against the battleship Tirpitz in 1944, after the Operation Tungsten raid on 3 April.

final_sentence: The Operation Mascot attack was one of strikes against the battleship Tirpitz in 1944, after the Operation Tungsten raid on 3 April.