German cruiser Admiral Scheer
Service
- as Admiral Scheer12 November 1934 — 9 April 19452,047 days of the war
- Name
- Admiral Scheer
- Namesake
- Reinhard Scheer
- Builder
- Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven
- Laid down
- 25 June 1931
- Launched
- 1 April 1933
- Commissioned
- 12 November 1934
- Fate
- Sunk by air attack, 9 April 1945, partially scrapped and buried
type:event_region:DE-SH (1945) - Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 13,444 long tons (13,660 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 15,180 long tons (15,424 t)
- Length
- 186 m (610.2 ft)
- Beam
- 21.34 m (70 ft)
- Draught
- 7.25 m (23.8 ft)
- Speed
- 28.3 knots (52.4 km/h, 32.6 mph)
- Range
- 9,100 nmi (16,853 km)
- Complement
- 619
- Main gun
- 280 mm (11 in)
Admiral Scheer was a Deutschland-class cruiser built for the Kriegsmarine. She was named for Reinhard Scheer. Her keel was laid at Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven on 25 June 1931. Launched on 1 April 1933, she entered service on 12 November 1934.
Her class ran to five ships. The class followed the Braunschweig-class battleship and was succeeded by the Nassau-class battleship.
Displacement was 13,444 long tons standard and 15,180 long tons at full load. She measured 186 m (610 ft) long with a beam of 21.3 m (70 ft). Her designed speed was 28.3 knots, and she carried a complement of 619.
Her main battery was six 280 mm (11.0 in) guns. Her belt armour was 80 mm (3.1 in) and her deck 45 mm. She carried one aircraft.
She was in commission for 2,047 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap on 9 April 1945.
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 × MAN diesel engines
- 2 × screw propellers
- Power
- 54000 PS
- Armament
- 6 × 28 cm in triple turrets
- 8 × 15 cm in single turrets
- 8 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
- Armour
- main turrets: 140 mm
- belt: 80 mm
- deck: 45 mm
- Aircraft
- 1 × Heinkel He 60 seaplane
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from German cruiser Admiral Scheer on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy photo NH 59664 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons