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Admiral Graf Spee was a Deutschland-class Panzerschiff (armored ship), nicknamed a "pocket battleship" by the British, which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. The vessel was named after World War I Admiral Maximilian von Spee , commander of the East Asia Squadron who fought the battles of Coronel and the Falkland ...
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Admiral Scheer and Admiral Graf Spee had some improvements in armor thickness. The barbettes, 100 mm thick in Deutschland, became 125 mm for the two sisters. Admiral Scheer had the belt somewhat improved, and Admiral Graf Spee had a much more improved 100 mm belt, instead of 50–80 mm. The armored deck was improved as well, and some places had ...
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Four ships were ordered and laid down, but only two of them, Mackensen and Graf Spee, were launched. [26] None of the ships were completed, as work had been diverted to U-boat construction. [27] All four ships were broken up in Germany between 1921 and 1924. [26]
She was launched on 15 September 1917. At the launching ceremony, Großadmiral Prince Heinrich gave the speech and Spee's widow Margarete christened the ship. [24] Construction stopped about 12 months away from completion; Graf Spee was the furthest along of all four ships when work was halted. She too was struck on 17 November 1919; on 28 ...
Graf Spee may refer to: Graf Maximilian von Spee, German admiral in World War I; or to several German ships that were named after the admiral: SMS Graf Spee, incomplete Mackensen-class battlecruiser of World War I, scrapped in 1923; The German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, launched in 1934, that saw action in World War II