Deutschland |
Name: |
Deutschland Lützow (Feb. 15, 1940) |
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Type: |
Cruiser (Panzerschiff) |
Class: |
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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 |
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Page published June 11, 2007 |