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| Description | Model of the German 'Deutschland' Class 'pocket battleship' Admiral Graf Spee, 12,100 tons, built at Wilhelmshaven Dockyard, launched 1934, commissioned in 1936, scuttled after being damaged at the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939. At Chatham Historic Dockyard, 3 March 2019. The official German designation of the unique so-called 'pocket battleships' was the rather vague 'Armoured Ship', later amended to the somewhat misleading 'Heavy Cruiser' since, although they were of similar size to the latter, the 'pocket battleships' were considerably better armed and armoured (although they were slower). Moreover, they were, very unusually, powered by diesel engines which gave them immense range, ideal for commerce raiding. In my view they were really a resurrection of the Armoured Cruiser of the pre-Dreadnought era, having a main armament a little smaller in calibre than a battleship, a secondary armament similar to the main armament of a protected/light cruiser, a speed higher than a (contemporary) battleship, and armour of a scale second only to the battleship. In both cases, only a battlecruiser could catch them and in the late 1930's only three old battlecruisers survived in the RN so it was thought they would be relatively safe from interception - but this did not take into account the development of fast battleships. Ironically, it was the RN's tactics of several cruisers 'ganging up' on the Graft Spee and fighting very aggressively - plus a measure of bluff that a more powerful force was arriving soon - that finally resulted in its scuttling in Montivedeo to avoid capture. The 'pocket battleship' was a brilliant design that was based on a highly imaginative but deeply flawed concept. |
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| Author | Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham, UK |
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