German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee


Admiral Graf Spee in 1936
Career (Nazi Germany)
Name: Admiral Graf Spee
Namesake: Maximilian von Spee
Builder: Reichsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven
Laid down: 1 October 1932
Launched: 30 June 1934
Commissioned: 6 January 1936
Fate: Scuttled, 17 December 1939
General characteristics
Class & type: Deutschland class cruiser
Displacement: Design:
  • 14,890 tons
Full load:
  • 16,020 tons
Length: 186 m
Beam: 21.65 m
Draft: 7.34 m
Propulsion:
  • Eight MAN diesel engines
  • Two propellers
  • 52,050 shp (38,810 kW)
Speed: 29.5 knots (55 km/h)
Range: 16,500 km at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement: As built:
  • 33 officers
  • 586 enlisted
After 1935:
  • 30 officers
  • 921–1,040 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems:		 1940:
  • FMG 39 G(gO)
1941:
  • FMG 40 G(gO)
  • FuMO 26
Armament: As built:
  • 6 × 28 cm (11 in) in triple turrets
  • 8 × 15 cm (5.9 in) in single turrets
  • 8 × 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes
Armor:
  • main turrets: 140 mm (5.5 in)
  • belt: 80 mm (3.1 in)
  • deck: 45 mm (1.8 in)
Aircraft carried: Two Arado Ar 196 seaplanes
Aviation facilities: One catapult
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