Germany

Deutschland Class - History

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Deutschland

Admiral Scheer

Admiral Graf Spee

Built under the limitations of the Treaty of Versailles to replace Germany's obsolete pre-dreadnoughts.
They could outrun what they could not outgun, but were they battlecruisers?

*** Photo gallery of the Graf Spee after the River Plate ***

Scharnhorst Class - History

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Scharnhorst

Gneisenau


The 11.1" gun, small by 1930's standards, was used to expedite construction.
Were they under-gunned fast battleships, or battlecruisers?

*** Some images of the Scharnhost wreck!! ***

P1 Class - History

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12 unnamed vessels

An improved Deutschland Class, capible of 33 knots.
Designed as a commerce raider, but it sure looks like a cruiser killer.

O Class - History

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3 unnamed vessels O, P, and Q

Officially designated as battlecruisers, these ships were never laid down.


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