Pocket battleship Admiral Scheer

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Pocket_battleship_Admiral_Scheer
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
Deutschland-class cruiser
pocket battleship
gptkbp:armament 2 × triple 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes
6 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK C/33 guns
6 × 28 cm (11 in) SK C/28 guns
8 × 15 cm (5.9 in) SK C/28 guns
8 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30 AA guns
10 × 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 AA guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross_(to_crew_members)
gptkbp:beam 21.34 m
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Marinewerft_Wilhelmshaven
gptkbp:causeOfLoss bomber
gptkbp:class Deutschland-class cruiser
gptkbp:commissioned 12 November 1934
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:crew 1,150
gptkbp:decommissioned 9 April 1945
gptkbp:displacement 12,100 tons (standard)
16,200 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 7.25 m
gptkbp:fate sunk
gptkbp:flag Kriegsmarine raiding group (1940-1941)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pocket battleship Admiral Scheer
gptkbp:launched 1 April 1933
gptkbp:length 186 m
gptkbp:name gptkb:Admiral_Scheer
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Admiral_Reinhard_Scheer
gptkbp:notableAction Atlantic commerce raiding
Operation Wunderland (Arctic raid)
gptkbp:notableCommander Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken
Theodor Krancke
Ernst-Ludwig Thienemann
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × MAN 9-cylinder double-acting two-stroke diesel engines
gptkbp:range 16,300 nautical miles at 20 knots
gptkbp:service gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:Admiral_Graf_Spee
gptkb:Deutschland
gptkbp:speed 28.5 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy gptkb:Kiel,_Germany
9 April 1945
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Admiral_Theodor_Krancke
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7