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Broadside view of Panzerschiff Admiral Scheer
Bow view of heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer
Pocket battleship Admiral Scheer
Bow view of German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer
Bow view of heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer 2
German cruiser Admiral Scheer broadside view
Deutschland class heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer launching a Heinkel He 60 floatplane
Kriegsmarine pocket Battleship Admiral Scheer
Battlecruiser Deutschland and Admiral Scheer 1939
Heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer in Norway
Heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer
Panzerschiff Admiral Scheer
Panzerschiff Admiral Scheer 2
Deutschland-class heavy cruiser (pocket battleship, Panzerschiff) which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II.
Laid down: 25 June 1931
Launched: 1 April 1933
Commissioned: 12 November 1934
Fate: Sunk by RAF air attack on 9 April 1945