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Deutschland (Lutzow) Class Pocket Battleship

Displacement: 11,700 tons standard; 15,900-16,200 tons full load
Dimensions: 610 x 71 x 24 feet
Propulsion: 8 Diesels, 54,000 hp, 3 shafts, 28 knots
Crew: 850
Armament: 2 x 3 11in Guns, 8 x 1 5.9 In guns, 3 x 2 4.1 inch AA guns , 4 x 2 37mm AA guns, 6 x 20mm Guns, 2 x 4 21 inch Torpedos.
Armor: 2.25-3 inch belt, 1.5 inch deck, 3.25-5.5 inch turrets

Deutschland (Lutzow)

Built by Deutsche Werke. Laid down 5 Feb 1929, launched 19 May 1931, commissioned 1 April 1933. Renamed Lutzow and reclassified as a heavy cruiser 2/40. Severely damaged during invasion of Norway 9 April 1940, torpedoed 10 April 1940, out of service until June 1941. Torpedoed again June 1941, run aground 1942,12/29-31/42 took part in battle of Barents sea. Refitted by October 1943. Used as training ship until 1944, then used in evacuation of the eastern provinces, sunk by bombs in the Kaiserfahrt Canal 16 April 1945. Raised, used as stationary gun battery until severe fire forced scuttling 4 May 1945. Raised and scrapped by the Soviets postwar.

Admiral Scheer

Built by Wilhelmshaven Navy. Laid down 25 June 1931, launched 1 April 1933, commissioned 12 Nov 1934. Refitted 1940 and reclassified as a heavy cruiser. Commerce raiding October 1940 to March 1941 during that period she mad a sortie that stretched into the Indian ocean, and accounted for 19 Allied Merchant men. No further noteworthy action. 20 additional 20 mm added by 1945. Bombed and capsized at Kiel 9-10 April 1945. Hulk stripped and partially scrapped, then buried by a new pier.

Admiral Graf Spee

Built by Wilhelmshaven Navy. Laid down 1 Oct 1932, launched 30 June 1934 commissioned 6 Jan 1936. Commerce raiding from the beginning of the war, had a successful cruise Sinking or capturing 13 vessels. This tied down concideritable British force in the process. Off of the River Plate on December 13 1939 a task force of 3 British Cruisers caught site of the Graf Spee, and after a pitched battle which crippled the H.M.S. Exeter the Graf Spee pulls into Montevideo for repairs, but Captain Langsdorf, seeing he could not escape, scuttled the ship on the evening of the 17th of December.

Links:
The German Navy in WW2 - Tons of info and pictures about this class of German Battleship.