Deutschland Class Cruisers Class Overview

Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Deutschland
(Later Lützow)
Deutsche Werke
Kiel, Germany

May 19, 1931
April 1, 1933
Fate
July 22, 1947 Sunk as target by the Soviet Navy in the Gulf of Gdansk,
exact location unknown.

(Apr. 16, 1945 damaged by RAF Lancaster bombers at Swinemünde, Poland.
The ship was no longer seaworthy and only used for shore bombardment.
Scuttled there on May 4, 1945, raised by the Soviet Union in 1947.)
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Marine Werft
Wilhelmshaven, Germany

April 1, 1933
Nov. 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.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Marine Werft
Wilhelmshaven, Germany

June 30, 1934
Jan. 6, 1936
Fate
December 17, 1939 scuttled off Montevideo, Uruguay.


Page published Feb. 2, 2007