Pictures: Life and Death of the German Heavy Cruiser Admiral Graf Spee

[Vlad_D_Impaler]

Pictures: Life and Death of the German Heavy Cruiser Admiral Graf Spee.. enjoy. Try the Li k so much more...

 

http://m.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/pictures-life-and-death-graf-spee-x.html

The Admiral Graf Spee was a notorious heavy cruiser in the Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine during World War II.

The ship was built at the Reichsmarinewerft shipyard in Wilhelmshaven between October 1932 and January 1936. A Leviathan of the ship, the Admiral Graf Spee barely made the 10,000 long ton weight limit on warships imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. With a full load displacement of 16,020 long tons though she significantly exceeded the treaty limits. Armed to the gills with six 28 cm guns in two triple gun turrets, the Admiral Graf Spee, and her sister ships were built to overpower any cruiser on the water fast enough to keep up with her. With a top speed of 28 knots, only an elite group of ships in the British and French navies could keep pace with her and go toe-to-toe and stand a chance of sinking her.

 

GARY  (VLAD_D_Impalar) I know there isnt an e in it, someone is using that name already, or he set it up and never used it. Would be nice if admins looked into it and if no one is really playing with the proper spelling, would be nice to use that one

 

 

Thank you Gary

 

[TRevWhite]

Thanks for posting... good link...

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

Nice; several 'new' pictures I don't think I've seen before.

[CybrSlydr]

Good stuff, thank you.

[Helstrem]

Brilliant job by British intelligence and good riddance to a Nazi ship.

[TheDreadnought]

Nice!  great pics I haven't seen.

[Talleyrand]

Ecxelent photos. 

If you are intrested check this post i made about the Graf Spee. Is in spanish, but you have aditional photos, a blueprint of the 280mm turret and a few photos of an original Graf Spee uniform. The sailor legated it to my phater but as He and I are too fat to wear it, I used my sister as model

http://forum.worldofwarships.com/index.php?/topic/108873-leyendas-navales-graf-spee/#topmost