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Battleships Main Index » Battleships of Germany » Battleship Deutschland
Third Reich naval ensign Deutschland German 'pocket battleship'
Quick reference
Construction
Commissioned: 1 April 1933
Deutschland class
Ships: Deutschland, Admiral Scheer, Admiral Graf Spee.
Fate
Sunk as target, 1949.

Deutschland was renamed Lutzow during World War Two to spare the potential embarrassment of a ship named "Germany" being sunk.


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