A British magazine cutaway of the Deutschland Class,
at the time still in the preliminary stages of construction. The "Pocket Battleship"
name stuck with these ships ever sense.
A British magazine cutaway of the Deutschland
Class,
at the time still in the preliminary stages
of construction. The "Pocket Battleship"
name stuck with these ships ever sense.
The first Panzerschiff, the Deutschland.
Note armored covers on torpedo tubes.
This photo shows the damage done to her stern
from a torpedo fired from the British
sub Spearfish April 11, 1940. Repairs took
11 months.
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