Deutschland Class Technical Information

Type: pocket battleship, later heavy cruiser
Displacement, standard: 13,600 tons
Displacement, full load: 15,900 tons
Length, overall: 186.0m; later 188.0m
Beam: 20.6m
Design draught: 6.5m
Complement: 950
Machinery: eight diesel engines 54,000shp (40,300kw) to two shafts
Speed: 28.5 knots
Class: Deutschland (later renamed L�tzow) (1931), Admiral Scheer (1933), Admiral Graf Spee (1934)
Armament: six 11-inch (2x3), eight 5.9-inch (8x1), six 8.8cm (6x1), eight 21-inch torpedo tubes
Armor: belt: up to 2.36in, bulkheads: up to 3.15in, deck: up to 1.6in, turrets: up to 5.5in, barbettes: up to 3.9in, conning tower: up to 6in
Aircaft: two Arado Ar 196 floatplanes

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