Deutschland-class cruiser
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The Deutschland class was a series of three Panzerschiffe, a form of heavily armed cruiser, built by the Reichsmarine officially in accordance with restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. Th
Admiral Scheer at Gibraltar in 1936
Recognition drawing of Lützow as she appeared in 1942. It indicates that the armoured belt is 4 inches thick, instead of its actual 3.1 inches.
Lützow's rear gun turret
Deutschland at her launching
German cruiser Deutschland
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Deutschland was the lead ship of her class of heavy cruisers which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. Ordered by the Weimar government for the Reichsmarine, she was laid
Deutschland-class cruiser
…cruiser, built by the Reichsmarine (Germany navy) officially in accordance with restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. The ships of the class, Deutschland, Admiral Scheer, and Admiral Graf Spee, were all stated to displace 10,000 long tons (10,160 t) in accordance with the Treaty, though they actually…
Deutschland in 1935
Deutschland, around 1936