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Admiral Graf Spee was the first German warship to be equipped with radar. [6] A FMG G(gO) "Seetakt" set [7] [a] was mounted on the foretop range finder. [5] Admiral Graf Spee ' s primary armament was six 28 cm (11 in) SK C/28 guns mounted in two triple gun turrets, one forward and one aft of the superstructure.
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 ...
Most of the heavy cruisers were used as commerce raiders during World War II, of which Admiral Scheer was the most successful; Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled after the Battle of the River Plate. Blücher was sunk by Norwegian coastal batteries during Operation Weserübung , the German invasion of Denmark and Norway, just four days after the ...
The Admiral Graf Spee used this unit successfully against shipping in the Atlantic. In December 1939, after heavy fighting during the Battle of the River Plate, the Admiral Graf Spee was severely damaged and the captain scuttled the ship in the neutral harbor off Montevideo, Uruguay. The ship sank in shallow water, with its radar antenna visible.
He was promoted to Kapitänleutnant on 1 October 1938 and by the outbreak of war was serving aboard the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee. [1] The Graf Spee was scuttled off Montevideo, Uruguay, in December 1939 by her commanding officer, Kapitän zur See Hans Langsdorff. Wattenberg was interned with the rest of her crew but he escaped and ...
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
German dead are brought ashore for burial after the incident. Altmark was a German oil tanker and supply vessel, one of five of a class built between 1937 and 1939. She is best known for her support of the German commerce raider, the "pocket battleship" Admiral Graf Spee and her subsequent involvement in the "Altmark Incident".
Admiral Graf Spee may refer to: Graf Maximilian von Spee (1861–1914), German admiral; German cruiser ...