SMS Graf Spee

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf cruiser
gptkbp:armament 4 × 20 mm guns
12 × 10.5 cm guns
4 × 37 mm guns
6 × 28 cm guns
8 × 15 cm guns
gptkbp:armor up to 100 mm
gptkbp:battle Battle of the River Plate
gptkbp:builder Deutsche Werke
gptkbp:class pocket battleship
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Hans_Langsdorff
gptkbp:commissioned 1936
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:crew 1,100
gptkbp:date December 17, 1939
gptkbp:decommissioned 1940
gptkbp:defeated gptkb:British_forces
gptkb:HMS_Achilles
gptkb:HMS_Ajax
gptkb:HMS_Exeter
crew scuttling
Uruguay_waters
gptkbp:design German_Navy_design
gptkbp:displacement 10,000 tons
gptkbp:famous_for gptkb:Hans_Langsdorff
commerce raiding
gptkbp:fate scuttled
gptkbp:historical_significance first major naval engagement of World War II
gptkbp:historicalContext Interwar period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SMS Graf Spee
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:German_Navy
gptkbp:launched 1934
gptkbp:length 186.5 meters
gptkbp:location gptkb:Montevideo
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Admiral_Graf_Spee
gptkbp:notable_feature high speed for a cruiser
gptkbp:notableArtists Battle of the River Plate
gptkbp:operational_area South_Atlantic
gptkbp:operationalHistory raided_Allied_shipping
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
December 1939
gptkbp:sister_ship 9 merchant ships
gptkbp:speed 28 knots
gptkbp:successor none
gptkbp:type warship