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Graf Spee

On her tour in the South Atlantic, raiding British merchant shipping- seen ranging her 11" guns to starboard.

 

Launched:30 June 1934

Commissioned:6 January 1936

Fate:Scuttled, 17 December 1939

14,890 t/ 16,280 t full load

610 ft 3 in x 71 ft x 24 ft

Propulsion: diesel engines/ 53,260 shp/ 2 screws/ 28.5 knots

Range:16,300 nautical miles at 18.69 knots

Crew:30 officers/ 921–1,040 enlisted

Armament: 6- 11 in in triple turrets, 8-5.9 in in single turrets

8 torpedo tubes

Armor: turrets: 5.5 in/ Belt: 3.9 in/Main deck: 1.8–2.8 in

Aircraft carried:2 × Arado Ar 196 floatplanes

Aviation facilities:1 × catapult

First German warship to be equipped with radar

 

Model by Neptun

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Uploaded on September 22, 2018
Taken on September 22, 2018