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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.
1506:. 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
1176:, of some 8,651 long tons (8,790 t) displacement. 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
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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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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
1716:. 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.
2125:(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.
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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
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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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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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then sailed northwards, breaking through the
Denmark Strait on 26â27 March and evading the cruisers
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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 three destroyers ran aground, forcing the entire group to abandon the operation.
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and the torpedo boats provided artillery support, targeting Soviet positions near
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served as the ship's acting commander at the end of November. In December 1942,
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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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1409:, 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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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
1978:, 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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997:. On 4 September, two groups of five
451:. The vessel was named after Admiral
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1234: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:
4434:
3274:List of heavy cruisers of Germany
3160:
3083:Atlantic Convoys and Nazi Raiders
2855:
2337:
1216:, and the armed merchant cruiser
647:, one forward and one aft of the
218:(53,260 shp; 39,720 kW)
4408:World War II cruisers of Germany
4388:Maritime incidents in April 1945
4321:
4316:
4304:
4296:
3041:Showell, Jak P Mallmann (2003).
2999:
2842:Bordgemeinschaft der Emdenfahrer
2197:
2162:
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:
2924:(in German). VDM Heinz Nickel.
2789:
2466:
1784:Map showing the route taken by
1554:. 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)
4418:Ships sunk by British aircraft
2943:(in German). Munich: Lehmann.
2476:. Arnold Hague Convoy Database
1804:and her destroyer escort left
1727:In August 1942, she conducted
1361:. The raiders resupplied from
673:3.7 cm (1.5 in) C/30
1:
3126:. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.
2830:
1478:had withdrawn from the area.
1428:on 22 February. Vice Admiral
1139:s first salvo scored hits on
574:was 186 meters (610 ft)
4398:Ships built in Wilhelmshaven
2939:HĂŒmmelchen, Gerhard (1976).
2150:
2078:
1313:. 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:
4354:54.32055556°N 10.16388889°E
3102:Battleships of World War II
2714:Zetterling & Tamelander
2702:Zetterling & Tamelander
2690:Zetterling & Tamelander
2678:Zetterling & Tamelander
2066:
1993:evacuated from the island.
1896:stopped for repairs, while
1560:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
1254: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:
4439:
4383:Deutschland-class cruisers
3043:German Naval Code Breakers
2903:German Warships: 1815â1945
984:remained at anchor in the
799:pre-dreadnought battleship
548:
455:, German commander in the
4403:Cruisers sunk by aircraft
4291:
4073:
3320:
3269:
3241:
3212:
3167:The battle of Convoy HX84
3004:. Ithaca: McBooks Press.
2879:Edwards, Bernard (2003).
2104:Battle of the River Plate
1906:continued on to Germany.
1301:while they refueled from
782:B}, which was ordered as
551:Deutschland-class cruiser
544:
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140:
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4359:54.32055556; 10.16388889
4000:Unknown date:
2083:
2009:In early February 1945,
1518:Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken
1283:, the auxiliary cruiser
901:non-intervention patrols
671:guns, four twin-mounted
341:15 cm (5.9 in)
228:Eight MAN diesel engines
4423:Spanish Civil War ships
3145:. Havertown: Casemate.
2920:GrĂŒtzner, Jens (2010).
2139:(detection radar). See
1954:Ernst-Ludwig Thienemann
1676:formed one group while
1436:, deployed the carrier
1432:, 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
3081:Watson, Bruce (2006).
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3085:. Westport: Praeger.
3000:Pope, Dudley (2005).
2856:Ciupa, Heinz (1997).
1999:
1861:Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt
1783:
1771:with her sister ship
1700:was detached to join
1605:, and the destroyers
1593:On 21 February 1942,
1577:
1550:was briefly moved to
1464:, and the Australian
1228:
1073:
723:
651:. The ship carried a
558:
418:German pronunciation:
3218:Deutschland / LĂŒtzow
3100:Whitley, MJ (1998).
2225:Meier-Welcker et al.
1946:Return to the Baltic
1792:Operation Wunderland
1731:, a sortie into the
1729:Operation Wunderland
1626:Z7 Hermann Schoemann
1599:, the heavy cruiser
1583:, photographed from
1570:Deployment to Norway
1402:The British cruiser
1373:then steamed to the
1351: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
4350: /
4223:19 Apr:
2759:, pp. 373â374.
2704:, pp. 151â152.
2665:, pp. 175â176.
1988:in the Baltic. The
1852:and the destroyers
1741:until they reached
1556:No. 90 Squadron RAF
1434:East Indies Station
1321:gross register tons
1056:and the battleship
738:was ordered by the
523:gross register tons
397:Aviation facilities
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4270:29 Apr:
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3887:25 Apr:
3870:Frederick C. Davis
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3120:Williamson, Gordon
2838:"BĂŒrkner, Leopold"
2352:, pp. 91â100.
2133:. FuMO stands for
2007:
1934:Richard Rothe-Roth
1855:Z4 Richard Beitzen
1795:
1608:Z4 Richard Beitzen
1591:
1589:en route to Norway
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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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3282:
3281:
3232:Admiral Graf Spee
3152:978-1-935149-18-7
3133:978-1-84176-501-3
3111:978-1-55750-184-4
3092:978-0-275-98827-2
3073:978-0-85177-146-5
3052:978-1-59114-308-6
3033:978-1-59114-119-8
3011:978-1-59013-096-4
2992:978-1-59114-646-9
2973:978-3-88199-112-4
2950:978-3-469-00306-5
2931:978-3-86619-047-4
2912:978-0-87021-790-6
2890:978-1-55750-210-0
2871:978-3-8118-1409-7
2376:, pp. 71â72.
2099:Admiral Graf Spee
1968:, the destroyers
1886:and proceeded to
1632:Z14 Friedrich Ihn
1289:, and the prizes
1184: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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1339:On 14 February,
1334:Tristan da Cunha
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2073:Leon-Henri Roth
2069:
2032:Gross-Heydekrug
1948:
1763:Yugorsky Strait
1572:
1538:and her sister
1511:commerce raider
1415:
1219:Pretoria Castle
1198:, 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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716:Service history
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2800:
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2613:
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2601:
2600:O'Hara et al.
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2577:
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2557:
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2547:
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2535:
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2523:
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2512:, p. 99.
2511:
2506:
2500:, p. 52.
2499:
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2462:
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2450:
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2438:
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2423:
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2411:
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2394:
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2363:
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2339:
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2226:
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2214:
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2478:. Retrieved
2474:"HX Convoys"
2468:
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2417:
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2143:, p. 7.
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588:displacement
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445:Nazi Germany
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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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4357: /
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2131:rangefinder
1981:Prinz Eugen
1644:Prinz Eugen
1602:Prinz Eugen
1586:Prinz Eugen
1418:s victims.
1238:oil tanker
1201: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
4378:1933 ships
4372:Categories
4345:10°09âČ50âłE
4342:54°19âČ14âłN
4314:March 1945
3756:HMCS
3442:Amatsukaze
3322:Shipwrecks
2966:: Pawlak.
2964:Herrsching
2864:: Moewig.
2847:18 October
2831:References
2745:Williamson
2639:Williamson
2588:HĂŒmmelchen
2546:Williamson
2410:Williamson
2294:Williamson
2256:Williamson
2141:Williamson
2036:Königsberg
2015:stood off
1816:Sibiryakov
1811:icebreaker
1641:torpedoed
1564:SwinemĂŒnde
1466:HMAS
1461:Shropshire
1375:Seychelles
1364:Tannenfels
1359:Madagascar
1354:Tannenfels
1329:Sandefjord
1325:oil tanker
1251:Sandefjord
1241:Sandefjord
1189: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:
4272:USS
4263:USS
4248:HMS
4239:USS
4232:USS
4225:USS
4216:USS
4203:USS
4194:USS
4187:HMS
4178:USS
4169:USS
4156:USS
4141:Sea Devil
4139:USS
4130:USS
4121:USS
4114:USS
4107:USS
4100:USS
4091:USS
4084:Dickerson
4082:USS
4020:USS
3975:HMS
3868:USS
3853:USS
3838:USS
3769:USS
3758:Esquimalt
3697:Karlsruhe
3675:USS
3546:USS
3541:Oldenburg
3533:USS
3482:USS
3475:USS
3468:USS
3461:USS
3454:USS
3447:USS
3432:USS
3401:Dickerson
3399:USS
3366:USS
3347:Dickerson
3345:USS
2151:Citations
2079:Footnotes
1890:. There,
1888:Trondheim
1884:Bogen Bay
1759:Kara Gate
1722:Luftwaffe
1714:Altafjord
1404:HMS
1383:Grigorios
1187: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
4327:May 1945
4227:Bullhead
4132:Bullhead
4093:Thornton
3510:Hamakaze
3504:Asashimo
3332:Awa Maru
3262:(actual)
3122:(2003).
3022:(2005).
2901:(1990).
2350:GrĂŒtzner
2067:See also
2045:outside
1761:and the
1733:Kara Sea
1529:Bismarck
1523:Bismarck
1468:Canberra
1443:Capetown
1348:Atlantis
1310:Eurofeld
1304:Nordmark
1299:Storstad
1295:Storstad
1280:Eurofeld
1274:Nordmark
1246: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
4250:Redmill
4218:Harding
4180:Sigsbee
4171:Zellars
4158:Lindsey
4116:Mullany
4102:Defense
3977:Goodall
3840:Swallow
3771:Pringle
3535:LST-447
3516:Isokaze
3477:Newcomb
3456:Colhoun
3361:Brummer
3253:D class
2862:Rastatt
2651:Edwards
2510:Edwards
2480:15 June
2449:Edwards
2437:Showell
2309:Whitley
2047:Kolberg
2017:Samland
1893:Tirpitz
1849:Tirpitz
1790:during
1718:U-boats
1703:Tirpitz
1679:Tirpitz
1638:Trident
1495:Nigeria
1455:Hawkins
1449:Emerald
1420:Glasgow
1406:Glasgow
1291:Duquesa
1207: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
4282:U-3525
4241:Tolman
4205:Bryant
4196:Laffey
4164:U-1024
4123:Rodman
4109:Emmons
4064:U-1055
3995:U-1107
3968:U-1017
3896:Ro-109
3805:Aquila
3789:U-1274
3764:LĂŒtzow
3749:U-1235
3743:U-1063
3723:U-1206
3703:U-1024
3654:U-2516
3648:U-3512
3642:U-2514
3636:U-2509
3630:U-1065
3580:U-1001
3566:Yamato
3560:Yahagi
3554:U-1195
3548:PGM-18
3528:Kasumi
3484:Witter
3470:Morris
3463:Leutze
3419:U-3003
3386:U-3505
3380:U-2542
3374:U-1221
3340:CD-186
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2772:Rohwer
2757:Rohwer
2726:Rohwer
2663:Rohwer
2624:Rohwer
2612:Rohwer
2576:Rohwer
2561:Rohwer
2534:Rohwer
2522:Rohwer
2498:Rohwer
2461:Rohwer
2422:Rohwer
2393:Watson
2374:Watson
2362:Watson
2271:Gröner
2237:Sieche
2213:Gröner
2186:Gröner
2108:Sieche
2106:. See
1876:, and
1828:Dikson
1806:Narvik
1774:LĂŒtzow
1691:LĂŒtzow
1673:LĂŒtzow
1629:, and
1541:LĂŒtzow
1500:Bergen
1438:Hermes
1213:Dragon
1210:, and
1195:Hermes
803:Hessen
785:Ersatz
545:Design
430:-class
187:Length
153:-class
4265:Huron
4189:Ekins
4149:I-401
4058:U-857
4052:U-548
4046:U-398
4040:U-396
4034:U-325
4028:U-246
4022:Snook
4015:Ro-49
4009:Ro-46
3989:U-879
3983:TA 43
3962:U-307
3956:U-286
3930:CH-17
3922:TA 34
3908:U-326
3902:TA 32
3882:U-546
3876:U-108
3861:U-183
3846:U-518
3831:U-636
3823:U-879
3817:U-548
3811:U-251
3783:U-880
3737:U-285
3731:U-103
3717:U-235
3689:U-486
3683:Ro-64
3668:Weser
3662:U-878
3624:U-982
3618:U-843
3612:U-804
3606:U-747
3600:U-677
3594:Ro-56
3574:U-774
3522:Isuzu
3427:U-242
3413:U-749
3407:U-237
3353:U-321
3260:class
2338:Ciupa
2084:Notes
2028:Peyse
1882:left
1754:U-456
1748:U-251
1662:PQ-17
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1153:sank
1137:'
1118:'
931:Ibiza
887:'
710:Radar
701:'
633:'
614:knots
584:draft
362:main
357:Armor
308:1941:
300:1940:
250:Range
243:knots
241:28.3
238:Speed
203:Draft
4310:1946
4302:1945
4294:1944
4274:Baya
4258:Argo
4234:Pogy
4211:Goya
4003:I-56
3950:U-56
3944:I-44
3936:U-56
3797:Goya
3777:U-78
3449:Bush
3434:S-17
3392:T111
3368:S-16
3247:None
3147:ISBN
3128:ISBN
3106:ISBN
3087:ISBN
3068:ISBN
3047:ISBN
3028:ISBN
3006:ISBN
2987:ISBN
2968:ISBN
2945:ISBN
2926:ISBN
2907:ISBN
2885:ISBN
2866:ISBN
2849:2013
2803:ISBN
2482:2017
2198:Pope
2163:Pope
2030:and
1986:Ăsel
1972:and
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1670:and
1552:Oslo
1492:and
1489:Fiji
1307:and
1293:and
1286:Thor
1277:and
1192: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
3430:,
2127:MHz
1975:Z35
1970:Z25
1951:KzS
1931:KzS
1904:Z28
1879:Z29
1873:Z28
1867:Z23
1712:in
1620:Z25
1515:KzS
1236:GRT
1048:RAF
1015:KzS
965:KzS
899:on
831:KzS
606:MAN
255:nmi
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