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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Battleship Tirpitz
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Weight | 62.21 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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The Tirpitz never fired her main guns at an enemy surface vessel in anger. Commissioned in 1941, she spent most of her operational life anchored in Norwegian fjords, where her mere presence tied down substantial British naval and air assets — a strategic deterrent that consumed enormous Allied resources without a single fleet engagement. The RAF mounted repeated attacks over three years before 12,000-lb Tallboy bombs finally sank her at Tromsø in November 1944.
Niue has issued commemorative silver in this format under licensing arrangements since the early 2000s, with the series covering major WWII warships from multiple nations.