In Service: 6 January 1936 to 17 December 1939
Ordered: 23 August 1932
Builder: Reichsmarinewerft,
Wilhelmshaven
Construction No: 125
Laid down: 1 October 1932
Launched: 30 June 1934
Commissioned: 6 January 1936
Type: Pocket Battleship
Class: Deutschland
Displacement: 12,340 tons standard 16,020 tons full
load
Length: 186 m
Beam: 21.65 m
Draft: 7.25 m
Propulsion: 8 × 9 cylinder double acting two stroke
MAN diesels engines
Power: 54,000 shp
Propellers: 2 screws
Speed: 29.5 knots
Range: 8,900 nautical miles at 20 knots
Crew: 1,150 men and officers
Armament:
6 × 28 cm L/52 SK C/28
carried 630 to 720 rounds
8 × 15 cm L/55 SK C/28
carried 800 to 1200 rounds
3 × 8.8 cm L/45 SK upto 1935
6 × 8.8 cm L/75 SK C/25 after 1935
carried 3000 rounds
6 × 10.5 cm L/65 SK C/33 after 1938
carried 2400 to 3000 rounds
4 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30
carried 8000 to 24,000 rounds
10 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
carried 20,000 rounds
6 × 4 cm L/56 Flak 28 after 1945
10 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30
28 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30 planned
8 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes.
Armour Turret face 160 mm, Belt 80 mm, Deck 40 mm
Aircraft: 2 ×
Arado
Ar 196 seaplanes
Variants:
Admiral Graf Spee
Admiral
Scheer
Lützow
Other: Pocket battleships
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The Admiral Graf Spee was one of the much celebrated German
naval warships of World War II, along with the Bismarck. Her
size was restricted to that of a cruiser by the Treaty of
Versailles, nevertheless she was as heavily armed as a battleship
due to innovative weight saving procedures employed in her
manufacture.
6 January 1936
The Admiral Graf Spee is commissioned.
26 September 1939
The Admiral Graf Spee received orders to proceed against enemy
merchant shipping.
30 September 1939
The Admiral Graf Spee sinks the British tramp steamer Clement
(5051 t).
5 October 1939
The Admiral Graf Spee sinks the British tramp steamer Newton
Beech (4651 t).
7 October 1939
The Admiral Graf Spee sinks the British steamer Ashlea (4222
t).
10 October 1939
The Admiral Graf Spee captured British liner Huntsman (8196
t).
17 October 1939
The Admiral Graf Spee sinks the British liner Huntsman (8196
t).
22 October 1939
The Admiral Graf Spee sinks the British steamer Trevanion
(5299 t).
15 November 1939
The Admiral Graf Spee sinks the motor tanker Africa Shell
(706 t).
2 December 1939
The Admiral Graf Spee sinks the Blue Star liner Doric Star
(10086 t).
3 December 1939
The Admiral Graf Spee sinks the Tairoa (7983 t).
7 December 1939
The Admiral Graf Spee sinks the steamer Streonshalh (3895
t).
13 December 1939
The Admiral Graf Spee was engaged by a small British naval
group consisting of the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter and the light
cruisers HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles.
14 December 1939
The Admiral Graf Spee dropped anchor at Montevideo, Uruguay.
17 December 1939
The Admiral Graf Spee put out for sea for the last time with
a skeleton crew aboard at about 1830 on 17 December. Before
coming to a stop in shallow water about 6 nautical miles from
port. Where she was Scuttled.
20 December 1939
Hans
Langsdorff commited suicide.
Conrad
Patzig
Takes command on 6 January 1936
Ends command on 2 October 1937
Walter
Warzecha
Takes command on 2 October 1937
Ends command on 1 November 1938
Hans
Langsdorff
Takes command on 1 November 1938
Ends command on 17 December 1939
German Warships, 1815-1945: Major Surface Vessels.
ISBN-10: 0851775330
German Warships, 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels.
ISBN-10: 155750301X
German warships of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0668040378
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