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Lützow

Lützow

Survived

Kriegsmarine (Germany)

TypeHeavy cruiser
ClassAdmiral Hipper
Later servicePetropavlovsk (Soviet Navy)
WarSecond World War

The fifth Admiral Hipper, sold unfinished to the Soviet Union in 1940 under the Nazi–Soviet Pact and towed to Leningrad, where she was named Petropavlovsk. Never completed, she was used as a floating battery during the siege. Her name went to the pocket battleship Deutschland.

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.