The Altafjord (Norwegian: Altafjorden; Northern Sami: Álttávuonna; Kven: Alattionvuono) is a fjord in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The...
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Operation Rösselsprung was set in motion when German forces concentrated in Altafjord from where they could sortie against the convoy. On 2 July, Admiral Hipper...
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Operation Rösselsprung was set in motion when German forces concentrated in Altafjord from where they could sortie against the convoy. On 2 July, the battleship...
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the Germans sank 21 of the 34 isolated transports. Tirpitz returned to Altafjord via the Lofoten Islands. Following Rösselsprung, the Germans moved Tirpitz...
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of Norway by Nazi Germany, a German naval base was established in the Altafjord to prevent convoys from the Western Allies from delivering supplies to...
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392 ft) runway numbered 11/29, which lies on the southern shore of the Altafjord. Alta Airport is owned and operated by the state-owned Avinor, and served...
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Rock Art - Alta Museum is situated in Hjemmeluft, a small bay in the Altafjord at a site of early settlement of Finnmark dating from around 11,000 years...
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summer of 1943. On 22 March, Scharnhorst, Tirpitz, and Lützow steamed to Altafjord for repairs to damage incurred in heavy storms. In early April, Scharnhorst...
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the Narvik-class destroyers Z29, Z30, Z33, Z34 and Z38 left Norway's Altafjord under the overall command of Konteradmiral Erich Bey. Scharnhorst set...
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April 1944; full-speed trials were scheduled for the following day in Altafjord.[citation needed] On 12 November 1944, the ship was destroyed by Avro...
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provide distant cover. On 31 December, a German force, based along the Altafjord in northern Norway, under the command of Vice-Admiral Oskar Kummetz, on...
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century. Baarsen was a Noaidi and a resident at Årøya, an island in the Altafjord just north of Alta. In May 1627, he was put on trial in Hasvaag accused...
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Kane Town 118 2.29 sq mi (5.9 km2) 7,041 feet (2,146 m) 1865 $46,250 Altafjord in Norway Amalga Cache Town 482 3.49 sq mi (9.0 km2) 4,439 feet (1,353 m)...
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commenced their transit from Trondheim and Bogen Bay to the forward base in Altafjord. The concentration was concluded on 4 July, with the heavy cruiser Lützow...
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submarines in Operation Source badly damaged the battleship Tirpitz in Altafjord in Norway. Germany was unwilling to risk moving the ship to a German dockyard...
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operation. Admiral Scheer was detached to join Tirpitz and Admiral Hipper in Altafjord. The British detected the German departure and ordered the convoy to scatter...
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for which he was awarded the VC. On 22 September 1943 at Kåfjord on the Altafjord, North Norway, Lieutenant Cameron, commanding Midget Submarine X.6, and...
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Fleet Air Arm airstrike against the German battleship Tirpitz. Moored in Altafjord in northern Norway, Tirpitz was the German navy's last surviving capital...
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consisting of cruisers Hipper, Lützow, and six destroyers was assembled at Altafjord. In the event of a convoy report the fleet would sail as two battle groups;...
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fishing boat.) A British–Soviet attack on Tirpitz and Scharnhorst in Altafjord was being prepared when the ships had sailed for Svalbard. A Catalina...
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Scharnhorst and the destroyers Z29, Z30, Z33, Z34 and Z38 out of the Altafjord in Operation Ostfront. The first and only surface sortie ordered by Grand...
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which reach into northwestern Finnmark, gradually becoming lower from Altafjord towards the North Cape, where they finally end at the Barents Sea. The...
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launched an attack (Operation Tungsten) on the German battleship Tirpitz in Altafjord, Norway. This involved Barracudas in two waves, hitting the battleship...
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in Norwegian waters. On 1 June 1943, she struck a mine and sank in the Altafjord with the loss of 115 lives. The mine had been laid on 6 May by the Soviet...
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Sami), or Tuikkanen (Kven) is a small coastal village along the Lille Altafjord in the eastern part of Kvænangen Municipality in Troms county, Norway...
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Norwegian waters in December 1942. On 30 December 1942, Z31 left the Altafjord in northern Norway along with the heavy cruisers Admiral Hipper and Lützow...
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to Copenhagen, Denmark, with Admiral Scheer, before returning to the Altafjord with the light cruiser Nürnberg. Engine problems prevented her from participating...
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Operation Mascot. 31 July 1944: Tirpitz completed battle damage repair at Altafjord. 17 August 1944: Soviet aircraft sank two merchant ships near Kirkenes...
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Scharnhorst's path of retreat. The German battleship turned for her base at Altafjord in the early afternoon after two brief encounters with the British cruisers...
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from Furious and Victorious attacked the German battleship Tirpitz in Altafjord, Norway, as part of Operation Tungsten. Tirpitz was hit 14 times and needed...
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