Deutschland

Name:
Deutschland
Lützow (Feb. 15, 1940)

Type:
Cruiser (Panzerschiff)
Class:
Builder:
Deutsche Werke
Kiel, Germany
Hull Number:
N/A
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
May 19, 1931
Keel Laid:
February 5, 1928
Commissioned:
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.)


Builder's Data
Page published June 11, 2007