The German Pocket Battleship Admiral Graf Spee
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The German Pocket Battleship Admiral Graf Spee
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Author : Stefan Draminski
language : en
Publisher: Top Drawings
Release Date : 2015-04-02
The German Pocket Battleship Admiral Graf Spee written by Stefan Draminski and has been published by Top Drawings this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-02 with Battleships categories.
The Deutschland-class ships were the first heavy vessels of the German Navy after the First World War. In Germany they were classified as "Panzerschiffe", but in other countries the term "pocket battleships" was very popular. The third and last vessel of this class was Admiral Graf Spee. She was laid down on 1 October 1932, launched on 30 June 1934 and commissioned on 6 January 1936. During the Spanish Civil War the ship patrolled coastal waters of this country. Before the outbreak of the Second World War, on 21 August 1939 the ship steamed out for the Atlantic. From 26 September she was fighting Allied shipping, sinking nine British vessels. On the morning of 13 December Graf Spee encountered a group of Allied warships (the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter and light cruisers HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles) near South American coast. The gun battle that ensued went to the history as the Battle of the River Plate. Both the Exeter and her German enemy were damaged during the course of the engagement. The commander of Graf Spee, Kapitän zur See Hans Langsdorff decided to break off the battle and enter the nearby port of Montevideo in Uruguay. According to the international law the German corsair could not stay in a neutral port longer than 72 hours. Convinced that massive British forces were concentrating in the vicinity and hence the escape was impossible, Langsdorf decided to save the crew and scuttle the ship. On 17 December Admiral Graf Spee steamed to the roadstead and there the explosive charges were fired. The German ship sunk in shallow waters and her commander shot himself three days later in a hotel in Buenos Aires. The wreckage was penetrated even during the war by British divers in order to recover more valuable items and obtain information about German technology. In the post-war years many single parts of the ship were recovered.
A Pictorial History Of A German Pocket Battleship Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee 1934 1939 Battle Of The River Plate Wednesday 13 December 1939
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Author : Graham James Beeson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
A Pictorial History Of A German Pocket Battleship Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee 1934 1939 Battle Of The River Plate Wednesday 13 December 1939 written by Graham James Beeson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Admiral Graf Spee (Battleship) categories.
Pocket Battleships Of The Deutschland Class
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Author : Gerhard Koop
language : en
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
Release Date : 2014-03-10
Pocket Battleships Of The Deutschland Class written by Gerhard Koop and has been published by Seaforth Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-10 with History categories.
A concise, authoritative, heavily illustrated summary of this class of German WWII-era warships, covering their design histories and careers. The Deutschland class included three ships of a design so revolutionary that it defied conventional categories. Deutschland (later renamed Lützow), Admiral Scheer, and Admiral Graf Spee were simply termed Panzerschiffe (armored ships) by the Germans, but they were known to their opponents by the far more evocative term Pocket Battleships. Part of a six-volume series on the German Navy’s WWII-era warships written by Gerhard Koop and illustrated by Klaus-Peter Schmolke, this book contains an account of the development of the Deutschland class, a detailed description of the ships with full technical details, and an outline of their service, heavily illustrated with plans, battle maps, and a substantial collection of photographs.
Pocket Battleship Admiral Graff Spee 1932 1940
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Author : Gustavo Uruena A.
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2008-06-11
Pocket Battleship Admiral Graff Spee 1932 1940 written by Gustavo Uruena A. and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-11 with categories.
Admiral Graf Spee was a Deutschland-class heavy cruiser (originally termed Panzerschiff or armoured ship, sometimes referred to as "pocket battleship") which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. The vessel was named after Admiral Maximilian von Spee, commander of the East Asia Squadron that fought the battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands in World War I. She was laid down at the Reichsmarinewerft shipyard in Wilhelmshaven in October 1932 and completed by January 1936. The ship was nominally under the 10,000 long tons (10,000 t) limitation on warship size imposed by the Treaty of Versailles, though with a full load displacement of 16,020 long tons (16,280 t), she significantly exceeded it. Armed with six 28 cm (11 in) guns in two triple gun turrets, Admiral Graf Spee and her sisters were designed to outgun any cruiser fast enough to catch them. Their top speed of 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph) left only a handful of ships in the Anglo-French navies able to catch them and powerful enough to sink them.
Km Admiral Graf Spee
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Author : Gerhard Bidlingmaier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
Km Admiral Graf Spee written by Gerhard Bidlingmaier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Battleships categories.
Pocket Battleship Admiral Graf Spee
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Author : Siegfried Breyer
language : en
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
Release Date : 1989
Pocket Battleship Admiral Graf Spee written by Siegfried Breyer and has been published by Schiffer Pub Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Battleships categories.
This is a 48 page volume that includes line drawings, photographs, and charts.
The Battle Of The River Plate
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Author : Dudley Pope
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2005-01-01
The Battle Of The River Plate written by Dudley Pope and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with History categories.
This tale of the Battle of the River Plate follows the machinations of the German war machine as Kapitan zur See Hans Langsdorff commands the pocket battleship Graf Spee on a mission to cripple British shipping. Through clever subterfuge and daring, the Graf Spee takes ship after ship, ultimately forcing the British Navy to send twenty ships in search of the elusive German vessel. Pope presents a true, enthralling account of the men, ships, and tactics that culminated in this naval action which so brilliantly began Britain's war at sea.
German Pocket Battleships
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Author : Roger Chesneau
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2013-07-04
German Pocket Battleships written by Roger Chesneau and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-04 with History categories.
Everything the ship modeller needs to know about building a famous warship Numerous detailed plans and colour illustrations Focuses on very popular modelling subjects which are represented by a wide selection of kits The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, using scale plans to highlight differences between sisterships and changes in their appearance over their careers, then moves to an extensive photographic survey of either a high-quality model or a surviving example of the ship. Hints on building the model, and on modifying and improving the basic kit, are followed by a section on paint schemes and camouflage, featuring numerous colour profiles and highly-detailed line drawings. The strengths and weaknesses of available kits of the ships are reviewed, and the book concludes with a section on research references—books, monographs, large-scale plans and relevant websites. For the first volume in this series, the author has chosen the German 'pocket battleships' of WW2, the best-known of which was the Graf Spee of Battle of the River Plate fame. This innovative and infamous class of surface raiders has long been a popular subject for ship modellers, many manufacturers producing kits of the Graf Spee and the rather different Admiral Scheer and Ltzow. This book will show ship modellers how to turn their kits into something really special, but its unparalleled level of visual information will also appeal to the more general warship enthusiast. Roger Chesneau is a lifelong ship modeller and author of numerous naval books, including Ship Models in Plastic.
Graf Spee
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Author : Michael Powell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1956
Graf Spee written by Michael Powell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1956 with Rio de la Plata, Battle of the, 1939 categories.
Pocket Battleships Of The Deutschland Class
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Author : Gerhard Koop
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Pocket Battleships Of The Deutschland Class written by Gerhard Koop and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Battleships categories.
The warships of the World War II German Navy are among the most popular subjects in naval history, and one of the best collections is the concise but authoritative six volume series written by Gerhard Koop and illustrated by Klaus-Peter Schmolke. Each book contains an account of the development of a particular class, a detailed description of the ships, with full technical details, and an outline of their service, and are heavily illustrated with plans, battle maps and a substantial collection of photographs. The first five volumes of this much sought after series are now available in paperback, with the sixth volume "German Light Cruisers of World War II," planned for release in the fall of 2014. This volume covers the three ships of a design so revolutionary that it defied conventional categories. "Deutschland" (later renamed "Lutzow"), "Admiral Scheer" and "Admiral Graf Spee" were simply termed panzerschiffe (armored ships) by the Germans, but they were known to their opponents by the far more evocative term Pocket Battleships."