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APPENDIX A - The German Surface Fleet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2016

F. H. Hinsley
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1. The German surface fleet in 1939:

Battleships: Schlesien and Schleswig-Holstein (both unfit for operations outside the Baltic).

Battle-cruisers: Gneisenau and Scharnhorst.

Pocket battleships: Admiral Graf Spee, Admiral Scheer and Deutschland (renamed ‘Lützow’ in 1940).

8-inch cruisers: Admiral Hipper, Blücher.

6-inch cruisers: Königsberg, Nürnberg, Leipzig, Köln, Karlsruhe, Emden

Smaller vessels; included 22 destroyers, 20 torpedo-boats, about 20 E-boats.

2. Ships lost or damaged during the invasion of Norway:

Ships marked † in the above list were sunk during the invasion of Norway. Ships marked * were damaged. In addition, nine of the destroyers were sunk and one damaged.

3. Surface ships completed during the War:

Battleships: Bismarck (ready to operate by May 1941), Tirpitz (ready to operate by November 1941).

8-inch cruiser: Prinz Eugen (ready to operate by May 1941).

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Hitler's Strategy , pp. 241
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2013

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