D.K.M. Deutschland
1934
(Neptun 035)
- Class: Deutschland - 3 armored ships of 1928-32
- Displacement: 11,700 tons
- Dimensions: 596 (wl) 610 (oa) x 68 x 19 ft
- Machinery: eight double-acting 2-stroke 9-cyl MAN diesels, three shafts, 41,200 BHP = 26 knots
- Armor: Sides 3in, turrets 2-5.5in, deck 1.5-3in, CT 2-5in
- Armament: 6-11in (2x3), 8-5.9in (8x1), 6-3.5in AA (3x2), 4-37mm (2x2) AA, 4-20mm (4x1) AA guns; 8-19.7in (2x4) TT
- Complement: 1,150
- Builder: Deutsche Werke, Kiel
- Laid Dow: 5 Feb 1929
- Launched: 19 May 1931
- Completed: 1 Apr 1933
- Actions: Seagoing training ship; Nonintervention Patrol during Spanish Civil War; 29 May 1937 bombed by Spanish government aircraft; 24 Aug 1939 sent to Atlantic before outbreak of WW2 for raiding -- destroyed 2 ships of 6,902 tons; Nov 1939 returned to Germany for overhaul; renamed Lützow Feb 1940; Apr 1940 Norwegian campaign and service in Norwegian waters; 31 Dec 1942 with Hipper in attack on Arctic convoy in Battle of Barents Sea; 1944 Training Squadron in Baltic and later supporting army; 16 Apr 1945 bombed and badly damaged at Swinemunde; 4 May 1945 blown up and scuttled.
Up
Next