SMS Admiral Graf Spee

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Deutschland-class cruiser
Admiral Graf Spee-class cruiser
gptkbp:armament 6 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns
6 × 28 cm (11 in) guns
8 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns
8 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes
belt: 100 mm
deck: 45 mm
turrets: 140 mm
gptkbp:beam 21.65 m
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Reichsmarinewerft_Wilhelmshaven
gptkbp:captain gptkb:Hans_Langsdorff
gptkbp:commissioned 6 January 1936
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:crew 1,150
gptkbp:displacement 16,020 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 7.25 m
gptkbp:fate scuttled
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Nazi_Germany_naval_ensign
gptkbp:fleetSize Panzerschiff (armored ship)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SMS Admiral Graf Spee
gptkbp:laidDown 1 October 1932
gptkbp:launched 30 June 1934
gptkbp:length 186 m
gptkbp:locationOfScuttling off Montevideo, Uruguay
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Maximilian_von_Spee
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Battle_of_the_River_Plate
gptkbp:notableEvent subject of 1956 film 'The Battle of the River Plate'
captain committed suicide after scuttling
crew interned in Argentina and Uruguay
scuttled to avoid capture by British forces
subject of several documentaries
wreck partially salvaged in 2004
gptkbp:notableFor first major naval battle of WWII
commerce raiding in South Atlantic
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel engines
gptkbp:range 16,300 nautical miles at 18.69 knots
gptkbp:servicePeriod 1936–1939
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:Deutschland
gptkb:Admiral_Scheer
gptkbp:speed 28.5 knots
gptkbp:status wreck
gptkbp:sunkBy 17 December 1939
gptkbp:wreckLocation gptkb:Río_de_la_Plata_estuary
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Maximilian_von_Spee
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6