Admiral Scheer

Type:
Heavy Cruiser (Panzerschiff)
Class:
Builder:
Marine Werft
Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Hull Number:
N/A
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
April 1, 1933
Keel Laid:
June 25, 1931
Commissioned:
November 12, 1934
Fate:
Capsized Apr. 9, 1945 following bomb damage from a RAF air raid.

Location: Deutsche Werke, Kiel, Germany.

32 crewmen were killed.

The wreck remains where it sank, but was covered with cement when the inner harbor was
filled with debris after the war.




Builder's Data
Page published June 11, 2007