D.K.M. Admiral Graf Spee
1939
(Neptun 1033)
- Class: Deutschland - 3 armored ships of 1928-32
- Displacement: 12,100 tons
- Dimensions: 593 (wl) 609 (oa) x 70 x 21.5 ft
- Machinery: 2-shaft diesels, 56,000 BHP = 26 knots
- Armor: Side 4in, turrets 2-5.5in, deck 1.5-3in, CT 2-5in
- Armament: 6-11in (2x3), 8-5.9in (8x1), 6-3.5in AA (3x2), 8-37mm (4x2) AA, 10-20mm (10x1) AA guns; 8-21in (2x4) TT; 2 aircraft
- Complement: 1,150
- Builder: Wilhelmshaven Navy Yard
- Laid Dow: 1 Oct 1932
- Launched: 30 Jun 1934
- Completed: 6 Jan 1936
- Actions: 1936 Comissioned as Fleet Flagship; 1936-37 Service in Nonintervention Patrol in Spanish Civil War; 20 May 1937 at Spithead for Coronation Naval Review, representing German Navy; 21 Aug 1939 to Atlantic; Sep - Dec 1939 Raiding in South Atlantic and Indian Ocean destroying 9 ships = 50,089 tons; 13 Dec 1939 Battle of the River Platte, damaged by HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax, and HMS Achilles; retreated to Montevideo; Scuttled outside Montevideo 17 Dec 1939; 1942 wreck broken up.
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