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541:. After returning to Germany at the end of 1942, the ship served as a training ship until the end of 1944, when she was used to support ground operations against the Soviet Army. She moved to Kiel for repairs in March 1945, where she was capsized by British bombers in a raid on 9 April 1945 and partially scrapped; the remainder of the wreck was buried when the inner part of Kiel dockyard was filled in after the war.
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1007:, who nevertheless managed to shoot down one of the five Blenheims. One bomb struck the ship's deck and failed to explode, and two detonated in the water near the ship. The remaining bombs also failed to explode. The second group of five Blenheims were confronted by the alerted German defenses, which shot down four of the five bombers.
1510:. A destroyer escort joined the ship for the voyage to Kiel, which they reached on 1 April. In the course of her raiding operation, she had steamed over 46,000 nautical miles (85,000 km) and sunk seventeen merchant ships for a total of 113,223 GRT. She was by far the most successful German
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damaged two ships in the port and shelled harbor facilities. Meendsen-Bohlken considered sending a landing party ashore, but firing from Soviet shore batteries convinced him to abandon the plan. After breaking off the bombardment, Meendsen-Bohlken decided to return to Narvik. She reached port on 30
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departed the eastern Baltic to have her guns relined in Kiel; she carried 800 civilian refugees and 200 wounded soldiers. An uncleared minefield prevented her from reaching Kiel, and so she unloaded her passengers in SwinemĂŒnde. Despite her worn-out gun barrels, the ship then shelled Soviet forces
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launched several air attacks on the German forces, all of which were successfully repelled by heavy anti-aircraft fire. The ship's Arado floatplane was shot down, however. On the night of 23â24 November, the German naval forces completed the evacuation of the island. In all, 4,694 troops were
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was hit by bombs and capsized. She was partially broken up for scrap after the end of the war, though part of the hull was left in place and buried with rubble from the attack when the inner harbors were filled in post-war. The number of casualties from her loss is unknown.
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was 60 to 80 mm (2.4 to 3.1 in) thick; her upper deck was 17 mm (0.67 in) thick while the main armored deck was 17 to 45 mm (0.67 to 1.77 in) thick. The main battery turrets had 140 mm (5.5 in) thick faces and 80 mm thick sides.
793:, was secured after the Social Democrats abstained to prevent a political crisis. Her keel was laid on 25 June 1931, under construction number 123. The ship was launched on 1 April 1933; at her launching, she was christened by Marianne Besserer, the daughter of Admiral
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on a course to pass to the north of Novaya Zemlya. Upon entering the Kara Sea, she encountered heavy ice; in addition to searching for merchant shipping, the Arado floatplane was used to scout paths through the ice fields. On 25 August, she encountered the Soviet
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The operational plan called for strict radio silence to ensure surprise could be maintained. This required
Meendsen-Bohlken to have total tactical and operational control of his ship; shore-based commands would be unable to direct the mission. On 16 August,
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and her sisters were designed to outgun any cruiser fast enough to catch them. Their top speed of 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) left only a handful of ships in the Anglo-French navies able to catch them and powerful enough to sink them.
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with several torpedo boats in support of German forces fighting Soviet advances. On 9 February, the ships began shelling Soviet positions. Between 18 and 24 February, German forces launched a local counterattack;
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1180:. The ship sent off a distress signal, which the German raider deliberately allowed, to draw British naval forces to the area. Krancke wanted to lure British warships to the area to draw attention away from
624:(16,900 km; 10,500 mi). As designed, her standard complement consisted of 33 officers and 586 enlisted men, though after 1935 this was significantly increased to 30 officers and 921â1,040 sailors.
521:. Her first operation during World War II was a commerce raiding operation into the southern Atlantic Ocean; she also made a brief foray into the Indian Ocean. During the operation, she sank 113,223
1720:. The British detected the German departure and ordered the convoy to scatter. Aware that surprise had been lost, the Germans broke off the surface attack and turned the destruction of PQ-17 over to the
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to join the hunt. Krancke turned to the south-east to evade his pursuers, reaching the South
Atlantic by 3 March. The British, meanwhile, had abandoned the hunt on 25 February when it became clear that
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to interdict Soviet shipping and attack targets of opportunity. The length of the mission and the distances involved precluded a destroyer escort for the operation; three destroyers would escort
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shipyard by early April. During the repair process, most of the ship's crew went ashore. On the night of 9 April 1945, a general RAF bombing raid by over 300 aircraft struck the harbor in Kiel.
2129:(radar equipment), while the numerical digits denote the model year of the device. "G" denoted that the equipment was manufactured by GEMA, "g" indicated that it operated between 335 and 440
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The ship then loaded refugees and left SwinemĂŒnde; she successfully navigated the minefields on the way to Kiel, arriving on 18 March. Her stern turret had its guns replaced at the
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surface raider of the war. Following her return to
Germany, she was deployed to northern Norway to interdict shipping to the Soviet Union. She was part of the abortive attack on
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957:, arrived off AlmerĂa at 07:29 and opened fire on shore batteries, naval installations and ships in the harbor. On 26 June 1937, she was relieved by her sister ship
907:-held coast of Spain. She served four tours of duty with the non-intervention patrol through June 1937. Her official objective was to control the influx of war
797:, the ship's namesake. She was completed slightly over a year and a half later on 12 November 1934, the day she was commissioned into the German fleet. The old
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guns. By 1945, the anti-aircraft battery had again been reorganized and comprised six 4 cm guns, eight 3.7 cm guns, and thirty-three 2 cm guns.
1937:
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displacement of 15,180 long tons (15,420 t), though the ship was officially stated to be within the 10,000-long-ton (10,160 t) limit of the
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sank the icebreaker, but not before she sent a distress signal. The German ship then turned south, and two days later, arrived off the port of
963:, allowing her to return to Wilhelmshaven on 1 July. She returned to the Mediterranean between August and October, however. In September 1936
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663:. Her anti-aircraft battery originally consisted of three 8.8 cm (3.5 in) L/45 guns, though in 1935 these were replaced with six
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and landing sail system to operate her Arado seaplanes on heavy seas installed. From 1 October 1935 to 26 July 1937 her first officer was
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into Spain, though she also recorded Soviet ships carrying supplies to the
Republicans and protected ships delivering German weapons to
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steamed to Norway. After stopping briefly in
Grimstadfjord, the ships proceeded on to Trondheim. On 23 February, the British submarine
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s first overseas deployment began in July 1936 when she was sent to Spain to evacuate German civilians caught in the midst of the
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620:(53,260 shp; 39,720 kW). At a cruising speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph), the ship could steam for 9,100
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of 15,180 long tons (15,420 t), she significantly exceeded it. Armed with six 28 cm (11 in) guns in two triple
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north of
Madagascar, where she found two merchant vessels with her Arado floatplanes. She took the 6,994 GRT oil tanker
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sank her on 21 February. The raider encountered and sank a fourth ship the following day, the 2,542 GRT Dutch steamer
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initially consisted of a FMG 39 G(gO) set, though in 1941 this was replaced with an FMG 40 G(gO) set and a FuMO 26 system.
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in May 1941, and more importantly, the Royal Navy's destruction of the German supply ship network in the aftermath of the
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returned to
Wilhelmshaven for major overhaul, where she was attacked and slightly damaged by RAF bombers. Consequently,
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sank only five of the convoy's 37 ships, though a sixth was sunk by the
Luftwaffe following the convoy's dispersal.
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bombers, mounted a pair of unsuccessful attacks on the ship. On 8 September, the ship left Oslo and returned to
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within 22 minutes, but the engagement delayed the German ship long enough for most of the convoy to escape.
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The ship was nominally under the 10,000 long tons (10,000 t) limitation on warship size imposed by the
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October 1940 on her first combat sortie. On the night of 31 October she slipped through the
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then sailed northwards, breaking through the
Denmark Strait on 26â27 March and evading the cruisers
853:. By October 1935, the ship was ready for her first major cruise, when on 25â28 October she visited
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and exchanged information on Allied merchant traffic in the area, parting company on 17 February.
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bow. The heavy command tower was replaced with a lighter structure, and she was reclassified as a
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of the entire war. After returning to Germany, Krancke left the ship and was replaced by
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in June 1931 and completed by November 1934. Originally classified as an armored ship (
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and several destroyers supporting German forces fighting the Soviets on the island of
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and three destroyers ran aground, forcing the entire group to abandon the operation.
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saw heavy service with the German Navy, including a deployment to Spain during the
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and the torpedo boats provided artillery support, targeting Soviet positions near
1336:. She spent Christmas 1940 at sea in the mid-Atlantic, several hundred miles from
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on 18 January 1941, put a prize crew aboard and used her to send prisoners to
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moved to the less exposed port of SwinemĂŒnde. In February 1943,
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1413:, which was patrolling in the area, received both messages from
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about 1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) east of
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s Arado seaplane located the convoy on 5 November 1940. The
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at the end of 1941 to be abandoned. From 4 to 8 September,
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August without having achieved any significant successes.
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composed another. While en route to the rendezvous point,
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operation forced a planned Atlantic raiding operation for
1982:, and the 2nd Torpedo Boat Flotilla relieved the cruiser
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had replaced Marschall as the ship's commanding officer.
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placed on her stern. The ship was equipped with two
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1960:, the ship's final commander, took command of
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2106:, had been scuttled following the
1238:captured the Norwegian 8,038
1172:encountered the refrigerator ship
1065:
715:
517:, where she bombarded the port of
206:7.25 m (23 ft 9 in)
190:186 m (610 ft 3 in)
14:
4438:
3278:List of heavy cruisers of Germany
3164:
3087:Atlantic Convoys and Nazi Raiders
2859:
2341:
1220:, and the armed merchant cruiser
647:, one forward and one aft of the
218:(53,260 shp; 39,720 kW)
4412:World War II cruisers of Germany
4392:Maritime incidents in April 1945
4325:
4320:
4308:
4300:
3045:Showell, Jak P Mallmann (2003).
3003:
2846:Bordgemeinschaft der Emdenfahrer
2201:
2166:
821:was placed under the command of
677:2 cm (0.79 in) Flak 30
657:15 cm (5.9 in) SK C/28
612:. The ship's top speed was 28.3
346:8 Ă 53.3 cm (21.0 in)
179:15,180 long tons (15,420 t)
171:13,660 t (13,440 long tons)
47:
24:
2928:(in German). VDM Heinz Nickel.
2793:
2470:
1788:Map showing the route taken by
1558:. There, on 5 and 8 September,
973:
925:was attacked on 29 May 1937 by
669:10.5 cm (4.1 in) C/33
659:guns in single turrets grouped
641:28 cm (11 in) SK C/28
245:(52.4 km/h; 32.6 mph)
4422:Ships sunk by British aircraft
2947:(in German). Munich: Lehmann.
2480:. Arnold Hague Convoy Database
1808:and her destroyer escort left
1731:In August 1942, she conducted
1365:. The raiders resupplied from
673:3.7 cm (1.5 in) C/30
1:
3130:. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.
2834:
1482:had withdrawn from the area.
1432:on 22 February. Vice Admiral
1139:s first salvo scored hits on
574:was 186 meters (610 ft)
4402:Ships built in Wilhelmshaven
2943:HĂŒmmelchen, Gerhard (1976).
2154:
2082:
1317:. Between 18 and 20 January
1032:operations in the Atlantic.
927:Spanish Republican Air Force
675:guns and up to twenty-eight
604:was powered by four sets of
7:
4358:54.32055556°N 10.16388889°E
3106:Battleships of World War II
2718:Zetterling & Tamelander
2706:Zetterling & Tamelander
2694:Zetterling & Tamelander
2682:Zetterling & Tamelander
2070:
1997:evacuated from the island.
1900:stopped for repairs, while
1564:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
1258:was rebuilt as the British
643:guns mounted in two triple
459:. She was laid down at the
366:: 140 mm (5.5 in)
10:
4443:
4387:Deutschland-class cruisers
3047:German Naval Code Breakers
2907:German Warships: 1815â1945
984:remained at anchor in the
799:pre-dreadnought battleship
548:
455:, German commander in the
4407:Cruisers sunk by aircraft
4295:
4077:
3324:
3273:
3245:
3216:
3171:The battle of Convoy HX84
3008:. Ithaca: McBooks Press.
2883:Edwards, Bernard (2003).
2108:Battle of the River Plate
1910:continued on to Germany.
1305:while they refueled from
782:B}, which was ordered as
551:Deutschland-class cruiser
544:
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140:
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23:
4363:54.32055556; 10.16388889
4004:Unknown date:
2087:
2013:In early February 1945,
1522:Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken
1287:, the auxiliary cruiser
901:non-intervention patrols
671:guns, four twin-mounted
341:15 cm (5.9 in)
228:Eight MAN diesel engines
4427:Spanish Civil War ships
3149:. Havertown: Casemate.
2924:GrĂŒtzner, Jens (2010).
2143:(detection radar). See
1958:Ernst-Ludwig Thienemann
1680:formed one group while
1440:, deployed the carrier
1436:, the commander of the
565:as she appeared in 1942
559:Recognition drawing of
334:28 cm (11 in)
141:General characteristics
16:German warship, 1934â45
3085:Watson, Bruce (2006).
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3004:Pope, Dudley (2005).
2860:Ciupa, Heinz (1997).
2003:
1865:Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt
1787:
1775:with her sister ship
1704:was detached to join
1609:, and the destroyers
1597:On 21 February 1942,
1581:
1554:was briefly moved to
1468:, and the Australian
1232:
1073:
723:
651:. The ship carried a
558:
418:German pronunciation:
3222:Deutschland / LĂŒtzow
3104:Whitley, MJ (1998).
2229:Meier-Welcker et al.
1950:Return to the Baltic
1796:Operation Wunderland
1735:, a sortie into the
1733:Operation Wunderland
1630:Z7 Hermann Schoemann
1603:, the heavy cruiser
1587:, photographed from
1574:Deployment to Norway
1406:The British cruiser
1377:then steamed to the
1355:and the supply ship
596:Treaty of Versailles
537:, a sortie into the
535:Operation Wunderland
488:Treaty of Versailles
35:in Gibraltar in 1936
4354: /
4227:19 Apr:
2763:, pp. 373â374.
2708:, pp. 151â152.
2669:, pp. 175â176.
1992:in the Baltic. The
1856:and the destroyers
1745:until they reached
1560:No. 90 Squadron RAF
1438:East Indies Station
1325:gross register tons
1056:and the battleship
738:was ordered by the
523:gross register tons
397:Aviation facilities
4283:30 Apr:
4274:29 Apr:
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3874:Frederick C. Davis
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3124:Williamson, Gordon
2842:"BĂŒrkner, Leopold"
2356:, pp. 91â100.
2137:. FuMO stands for
2011:
1938:Richard Rothe-Roth
1859:Z4 Richard Beitzen
1799:
1612:Z4 Richard Beitzen
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869:, before visiting
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690:seaplanes and one
567:
295:processing systems
285:921â1,040 enlisted
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3333:1 Apr:
3286:
3285:
3236:Admiral Graf Spee
3156:978-1-935149-18-7
3137:978-1-84176-501-3
3115:978-1-55750-184-4
3096:978-0-275-98827-2
3077:978-0-85177-146-5
3056:978-1-59114-308-6
3037:978-1-59114-119-8
3015:978-1-59013-096-4
2996:978-1-59114-646-9
2977:978-3-88199-112-4
2954:978-3-469-00306-5
2935:978-3-86619-047-4
2916:978-0-87021-790-6
2894:978-1-55750-210-0
2875:978-3-8118-1409-7
2380:, pp. 71â72.
2103:Admiral Graf Spee
1972:, the destroyers
1890:and proceeded to
1636:Z14 Friedrich Ihn
1293:, and the prizes
1188:aircraft carriers
1050:bombers attacked
960:Admiral Graf Spee
955:Imperial War Flag
945:Battle of Jutland
891:Spanish Civil War
877:Spanish Civil War
835:Wilhelm Marschall
776:. The money for "
746:Reichsmarinewerft
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515:Spanish Civil War
463:Reichsmarinewerft
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1343:On 14 February,
1338:Tristan da Cunha
1335:
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2077:Leon-Henri Roth
2073:
2036:Gross-Heydekrug
1952:
1767:Yugorsky Strait
1576:
1542:and her sister
1515:commerce raider
1419:
1223:Pretoria Castle
1202:, the cruisers
1136:
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1103:, sailing from
1068:
1066:Atlantic sortie
1018:Theodor Krancke
976:
917:Ernst Lindemann
886:
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863:English Channel
847:Leopold BĂŒrkner
825:KapitÀn zur See
795:Reinhard Scheer
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2605:
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2466:
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2482:. Retrieved
2478:"HX Convoys"
2472:
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588:displacement
576:long overall
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527:capital ship
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445:Nazi Germany
439:Kriegsmarine
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390:Arado Ar 196
304:FMG 39 G(gO)
293:Sensors and
274:586 enlisted
214:54,000
162:Displacement
150:
115:Commissioned
110:1 April 1933
102:25 June 1931
55:Nazi Germany
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2135:rangefinder
1985:Prinz Eugen
1648:Prinz Eugen
1606:Prinz Eugen
1590:Prinz Eugen
1422:s victims.
1242:oil tanker
1205:Dorsetshire
1109:Nova Scotia
968:Otto Ciliax
922:Deutschland
913:Nationalist
896:Deutschland
851:Third Reich
645:gun turrets
496:gun turrets
428:Deutschland
312:MG 40 G(gO)
282:30 officers
278:After 1935:
271:33 officers
253:9,100
151:Deutschland
4382:1933 ships
4376:Categories
4349:10°09âČ50âłE
4346:54°19âČ14âłN
4318:March 1945
3760:HMCS
3446:Amatsukaze
3326:Shipwrecks
2970:: Pawlak.
2968:Herrsching
2868:: Moewig.
2851:18 October
2835:References
2749:Williamson
2643:Williamson
2592:HĂŒmmelchen
2550:Williamson
2414:Williamson
2298:Williamson
2260:Williamson
2145:Williamson
2040:Königsberg
2019:stood off
1820:Sibiryakov
1815:icebreaker
1645:torpedoed
1568:SwinemĂŒnde
1470:HMAS
1465:Shropshire
1379:Seychelles
1368:Tannenfels
1363:Madagascar
1358:Tannenfels
1333:Sandefjord
1329:oil tanker
1255:Sandefjord
1245:Sandefjord
1193:Formidable
1155:Jervis Bay
1141:Jervis Bay
1127:Jervis Bay
905:Republican
839:sea trials
790:Lothringen
760:Communists
578:and had a
443:(Navy) of
262:Complement
223:Propulsion
175:Full load:
4276:USS
4267:USS
4252:HMS
4243:USS
4236:USS
4229:USS
4220:USS
4207:USS
4198:USS
4191:HMS
4182:USS
4173:USS
4160:USS
4145:Sea Devil
4143:USS
4134:USS
4125:USS
4118:USS
4111:USS
4104:USS
4095:USS
4088:Dickerson
4086:USS
4024:USS
3979:HMS
3872:USS
3857:USS
3842:USS
3773:USS
3762:Esquimalt
3701:Karlsruhe
3679:USS
3550:USS
3545:Oldenburg
3537:USS
3486:USS
3479:USS
3472:USS
3465:USS
3458:USS
3451:USS
3436:USS
3405:Dickerson
3403:USS
3370:USS
3351:Dickerson
3349:USS
2155:Citations
2083:Footnotes
1894:. There,
1892:Trondheim
1888:Bogen Bay
1763:Kara Gate
1726:Luftwaffe
1718:Altafjord
1408:HMS
1387:Grigorios
1191:HMS
1125:HMS
989:roadstead
871:Stockholm
867:Irish Sea
865:into the
859:Skagerrak
766:Reichstag
742:from the
661:amidships
655:of eight
592:full load
477:) by the
392:seaplanes
328:As built:
267:As built:
99:Laid down
4331:May 1945
4231:Bullhead
4136:Bullhead
4097:Thornton
3514:Hamakaze
3508:Asashimo
3336:Awa Maru
3266:(actual)
3126:(2003).
3026:(2005).
2905:(1990).
2354:GrĂŒtzner
2071:See also
2049:outside
1765:and the
1737:Kara Sea
1533:Bismarck
1527:Bismarck
1472:Canberra
1447:Capetown
1352:Atlantis
1314:Eurofeld
1308:Nordmark
1303:Storstad
1299:Storstad
1284:Eurofeld
1278:Nordmark
1250:Bordeaux
1095:B-Dienst
986:Schillig
909:materiel
903:off the
861:and the
843:catapult
758:and the
692:catapult
639:was six
539:Kara Sea
425:) was a
402:catapult
323:Armament
123:Homeport
107:Launched
74:Namesake
4254:Redmill
4222:Harding
4184:Sigsbee
4175:Zellars
4162:Lindsey
4120:Mullany
4106:Defense
3981:Goodall
3844:Swallow
3775:Pringle
3539:LST-447
3520:Isokaze
3481:Newcomb
3460:Colhoun
3365:Brummer
3257:D class
2866:Rastatt
2655:Edwards
2514:Edwards
2484:15 June
2453:Edwards
2441:Showell
2313:Whitley
2051:Kolberg
2021:Samland
1897:Tirpitz
1853:Tirpitz
1794:during
1722:U-boats
1707:Tirpitz
1683:Tirpitz
1642:Trident
1499:Nigeria
1459:Hawkins
1453:Emerald
1424:Glasgow
1410:Glasgow
1295:Duquesa
1211:Neptune
1174:Duquesa
1105:Halifax
1059:Tirpitz
1040:clipper
941:AlmerĂa
855:Madeira
729:in 1935
519:AlmerĂa
447:during
364:turrets
315:FuMO 26
167:Design:
156:cruiser
84:Builder
41:History
4286:U-3525
4245:Tolman
4209:Bryant
4200:Laffey
4168:U-1024
4127:Rodman
4113:Emmons
4068:U-1055
3999:U-1107
3972:U-1017
3900:Ro-109
3809:Aquila
3793:U-1274
3768:LĂŒtzow
3753:U-1235
3747:U-1063
3727:U-1206
3707:U-1024
3658:U-2516
3652:U-3512
3646:U-2514
3640:U-2509
3634:U-1065
3584:U-1001
3570:Yamato
3564:Yahagi
3558:U-1195
3552:PGM-18
3532:Kasumi
3488:Witter
3474:Morris
3467:Leutze
3423:U-3003
3390:U-3505
3384:U-2542
3378:U-1221
3344:CD-186
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2776:Rohwer
2761:Rohwer
2730:Rohwer
2667:Rohwer
2628:Rohwer
2616:Rohwer
2580:Rohwer
2565:Rohwer
2538:Rohwer
2526:Rohwer
2502:Rohwer
2465:Rohwer
2426:Rohwer
2397:Watson
2378:Watson
2366:Watson
2275:Gröner
2241:Sieche
2217:Gröner
2190:Gröner
2112:Sieche
2110:. See
1880:, and
1832:Dikson
1810:Narvik
1778:LĂŒtzow
1695:LĂŒtzow
1677:LĂŒtzow
1633:, and
1545:LĂŒtzow
1504:Bergen
1442:Hermes
1217:Dragon
1214:, and
1199:Hermes
1176:, 8651
803:Hessen
785:Ersatz
545:Design
430:-class
187:Length
153:-class
4269:Huron
4193:Ekins
4153:I-401
4062:U-857
4056:U-548
4050:U-398
4044:U-396
4038:U-325
4032:U-246
4026:Snook
4019:Ro-49
4013:Ro-46
3993:U-879
3987:TA 43
3966:U-307
3960:U-286
3934:CH-17
3926:TA 34
3912:U-326
3906:TA 32
3886:U-546
3880:U-108
3865:U-183
3850:U-518
3835:U-636
3827:U-879
3821:U-548
3815:U-251
3787:U-880
3741:U-285
3735:U-103
3721:U-235
3693:U-486
3687:Ro-64
3672:Weser
3666:U-878
3628:U-982
3622:U-843
3616:U-804
3610:U-747
3604:U-677
3598:Ro-56
3578:U-774
3526:Isuzu
3431:U-242
3417:U-749
3411:U-237
3357:U-321
3264:class
2342:Ciupa
2088:Notes
2032:Peyse
1886:left
1758:U-456
1752:U-251
1666:PQ-17
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1153:sank
1137:'
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931:Ibiza
887:'
710:Radar
701:'
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614:knots
584:draft
362:main
357:Armor
308:1941:
300:1940:
250:Range
243:knots
241:28.3
238:Speed
203:Draft
4314:1946
4306:1945
4298:1944
4278:Baya
4262:Argo
4238:Pogy
4215:Goya
4007:I-56
3954:U-56
3948:I-44
3940:U-56
3801:Goya
3781:U-78
3453:Bush
3438:S-17
3396:T111
3372:S-16
3251:None
3151:ISBN
3132:ISBN
3110:ISBN
3091:ISBN
3072:ISBN
3051:ISBN
3032:ISBN
3010:ISBN
2991:ISBN
2972:ISBN
2949:ISBN
2930:ISBN
2911:ISBN
2889:ISBN
2870:ISBN
2853:2013
2807:ISBN
2486:2017
2202:Pope
2167:Pope
2034:and
1990:Ăsel
1976:and
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1686:and
1674:and
1556:Oslo
1496:and
1493:Fiji
1311:and
1297:and
1290:Thor
1281:and
1196:and
580:beam
400:One
388:2 Ă
376:deck
370:belt
339:8 Ă
332:6 Ă
195:Beam
133:Fate
127:Kiel
62:Name
3434:,
2131:MHz
1979:Z35
1974:Z25
1955:KzS
1935:KzS
1908:Z28
1883:Z29
1877:Z28
1871:Z23
1716:in
1624:Z25
1519:KzS
1240:GRT
1178:GRT
1048:RAF
1015:KzS
965:KzS
899:on
831:KzS
606:MAN
255:nmi
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