Admiral Scheer

GPTKB entity

Properties (68)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:armament 8 × 20 mm guns
12 × 10 cm guns
12 × 37 mm guns
6 × 28 cm guns
8 × 15 cm guns
gptkbp:armor up to 300 mm
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kaiserliche_Werft_Wilhelmshaven
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Hans_Langsdorff
gptkb:Captain_Wilhelm_Marschall
Captain_Hans-Joachim_Krümmel
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Nazi_Germany
1936-05-01
gptkbp:crew 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
1945-05-08
gptkbp:decommissioningDate scrapped
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:displacement 15,200 tons
gptkbp:famous_for raiding_Allied_shipping
gptkbp:fate sunk
gptkbp:historical_significance German_naval_power
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Wilhelmshaven
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Admiral Scheer
gptkbp:influenced Treaty of Versailles
World War I naval strategies
gptkbp:launched 1934-04-03
1934-03-01
gptkbp:legacy German_battleship_design
gptkbp:length 251 meters
gptkbp:nickname The Admiral
The Grey Ghost
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Barents_Sea
Operation Cerberus
Operation Rheinübung
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Karl_Dönitz
gptkb:Fritz_Julius_Lemp
gptkb:Erich_Raeder
gptkb:Hans-Georg_von_Friedeburg
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:North_Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Arctic_Ocean
gptkb:Barents_Sea
gptkb:Norwegian_Sea
gptkbp:operationalRange 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:participatesIn gptkb:Norwegian_Campaign
gptkb:Battle_of_North_Cape
gptkb:Battle_of_the_North_Atlantic
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Baltic_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic_Convoys
Operation Z
Operation Chariot
Operation Weserübung
Scapa Flow raid
Operation Cerberus
Operation Juno
gptkbp:produces gptkb:Admiral_Scheer_(1945)
gptkbp:productLine gptkb:Admiral_Scheer_(1936)
gptkbp:propulsion 2 × steam turbines
4 × oil-fired boilers
gptkbp:radar FuMO 23
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy heavy cruiser
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:services Kriegsmarine
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:Gneisenau
gptkb:Scharnhorst
gptkbp:speed 30 knots