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Here is a downloadable scan of official Kriegsmarine (German Navy) drawings of the World War Two-era Bismarck-class battleship Tirpitz. This set of drawings was prepared by the ship's builder, Kriegsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, dated circa 1939.
 
This set of drawings includes:
index page
slip sheet
deck designation (decksbezeichnung)
forecastle, main frame and stern (vorschiff, hauptspant und hinterschiff)
inner bottom and stowage (innenboden und stauung)
lower platform deck and stowage (unteres plattformdeck und stauung) 
middle platform deck (mittleres plattformdeck) 
upper platform deck (oberes plattformdeck) 
armored deck (panzerdeck) 
between deck (zwischendeck) 
battery deck (batteriedeck) 
upper deck (oberdeck) 
superstructure deck, superstructure & bridges (aufbaudeck, aufbauten & brücken) 
upper view (obere ansicht) 
longitudinal section (längschitt) 
posterior cross sections (hintere querschnitte) 
middle cross sections (mittlere querschnitte) 
anterior cross sections (vordere querschnitte) 
 
The original scan was obtained from the Bundesarchiv.
 
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Notice: these plans may not print at the scale stated on them due to the scanner settings chosen when the plans were originally scanned.