German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee
Service
- as Admiral Graf Spee6 January 1936 — 17 December 1939107 days of the war
- Name
- Admiral Graf Spee
- Namesake
- Maximilian von Spee
- Builder
- Reichsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven
- Laid down
- 1 October 1932
- Launched
- 30 June 1934
- Commissioned
- 6 January 1936
- Fate
- Scuttled, 17 December 1939 (1939)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 14,655 long tons (14,890 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 16,020 long tons (16,277 t)
- Length
- 186 m (610.2 ft)
- Beam
- 21.65 m (71 ft)
- Draught
- 7.34 m (24.1 ft)
- Speed
- 28.5 knots (52.8 km/h, 32.8 mph)
- Range
- 16,300 nmi (30,188 km)
- Complement
- 619
- Main gun
- 280 mm (11 in)
Admiral Graf Spee was a Deutschland-class cruiser of the Kriegsmarine. She was named for Maximilian von Spee. Her keel was laid at Reichsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven on 1 October 1932. Launched on 30 June 1934, she entered service on 6 January 1936.
She was one of five ships of her class. The class followed the Braunschweig-class battleship and was succeeded by the Nassau-class battleship.
Displacement was 14,655 long tons standard and 16,020 long tons at full load. She measured 186 m (610 ft) long with a beam of 21.6 m (71 ft). Her designed speed was 28.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 619.
Her main battery was six 280 mm (11.0 in) guns. Her belt armour was 100 mm (3.9 in). She carried one aircraft.
She was in commission for 107 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 17 December 1939, at 34°58′S 56°18′W. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 8 × diesel engines
- 2 × propellers
- Power
- 54000 PS
- Armament
- 6 × 28 cm in triple turrets
- 8 × 15 cm in single turrets
- 6 × 10.5 cm SK C/33 in twin mounts
- 8 × 3.7 cm SK C/30 in twin mounts
- 10 × 2 cm C/30 in single mounts
- 8 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes in quad mounts
- Armour
- Main turrets: 140 mm
- Belt: 100 mm
- Main deck: 45 - 70 mm
- Aircraft
- 1 × Heinkel He 60 floatplane
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
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