Deutschland

Scuttled

Type	Heavy cruiser
Class	Deutschland
Wars	Spanish Civil War, Second World War
Main guns	6 × 11″ guns in 2 triple turrets

Service

1933–1939	Deutschland	Germany
from 1939	Lützow Renamed	Germany

First of Germany's "pocket battleships". On the Non-Intervention patrol off Spain when Republican bombers hit her at Ibiza in May 1937. Renamed Lützow in 1939, she was crippled by torpedoes in 1940 and 1941, fought at the Barents Sea and shelled the Red Army in the Baltic. Sunk in shallow water by 617 Squadron's Tallboys at Swinemünde in April 1945, she fought on as a battery until her crew blew her up on 4 May.

The German "pocket battleship" Deutschland with her crew manning the rails, 1935. This ship was reclassified as a heavy cruiser and renamed Lützow in 1939. Photo: Heinrich Hoffman Collection, U.S. National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized, 1675-1958., Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

As built

6 × 28 cm (11 in) in triple turrets
8 × 15 cm (5.9 in) in single turrets
3 x 8.8 cm (3.5 in) in single turrets
8 × 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

main turrets: 140 mm (5.5 in)
belt: 80 mm (3.1 in)
deck: 45 mm (1.8 in)

Builder	Deutsche Werke, Kiel
Laid down	5 February 1929
Launched	19 May 1931
Commissioned	1 April 1933
Displacement	Design: 12,630 t (12,430 long tons; 13,920 short tons) Full load: 14,290 long tons (14,520 t)
Length	186 m (610 ft 3 in)
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Complement	As built: 33 officers 586 enlisted After 1935: 30 officers 921–1,040 enlisted