8,900 nautical miles at 20 knots (16,500 km at 37 km/h)
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1,150
Admiral Scheer, a pocket battleship, was built in 1933 and named after Admiral Reinhard Scheer. Its designation as a "Pocket" battleship was by the British in 1939. In German it is called a Panzerschiff (Armoured Ship) or a Deutschland class battleship. Of the Kriegsmarine's Capital Ships, the Admiral Scheer, under Captain Theodor Krancke, was by far the most successful commerce raider of WW2. Her longest raid took her as far as the Indian Ocean. Bombed by the RAF while docked in Kiel in 1945 she capsized and sank. After the war her upturned hulk was partially scrapped, with what remained being buried under rubble as the dock was filled in to make a car park. File links The following pages link to this file: German battleship Admiral Scheer ... Jack of the German Kaiserliche Marine and Kriegsmarine. ... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A modern torpedo, historically called a self propelled torpedo, is a self-propelled guided projectile that (after being launched above or below the water surface) operates underwater and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. ... The Ar 196 was a shipboard reconnaissance aircraft built by Arado starting in 1936. ... Pocket battleship is the British Royal Navy description for a class of warships built by German Reichsmarine in accordance with restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Reinhard Scheer (September 30, 1863 – November 26, 1928) was a Vice-admiral in the German navy. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
AdmiralScheer was a Deutschland class heavy cruiser (often termed a pocket battleship) which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II.
AdmiralScheer was modified during the early months of 1940: the command tower was replaced and she was reclassified as a heavy cruiser.
AdmiralScheer sailed on 14 October 1940 and her first target was convoy HX-84 from Halifax, Nova Scotia, which had been identified by B-Dienst radio intercepts.
Reinhardt Scheer (1863-1928) commanded the German High Seas Fleet at the Battle of Jutland and subsequently headed the Naval Supreme Command in 1918 until his dismissal by the Kaiser shortly before the war's end.
On 8 August 1918 Scheer was appointed Chief of the Admiralty Staff - that is, as head of the Naval Supreme Command - replacing Holtzendorff (reluctantly agreed upon by the Kaiser) and belatedly imposing a unified command structure upon the navy.
Reinhardt Scheer, who was the recipient of both the Pour le Merite and the Oakleaves, died on 26 November 1928 in Marktredwitz at the age of 65.
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