Admiral Scheer (Panzerschiff - Most Successful Raider!)
MOST SUCCESSFUL RAIDER - 1934 Ultimate Commerce Raider! - Commissioned November 12, 1934 (second Deutschland-class). 12,340 tons, 28.5 kts, 6× 28cm (11") guns. Diesel (16,300 nm range!). MOST SUCCESSFUL GERMAN SURFACE RAIDER OF WWII! 17 merchant ships sunk (113,223 GRT total!)! 46,000 miles traveled in 161-day cruise! Battle of Convoy HX 84 (November 5, 1940): Sank HMS JERVIS BAY (armed merchant cruiser)! Captain Fegen: VICTORIA CROSS (heroic sacrifice!)! Jervis Bay charged Scheer alone (David vs Goliath!), sunk after 22 minutes, 189 dead! CONVOY SAVED! (32 of 37 ships escaped!) Scheer frustrated! Indian Ocean rampage (Nov 1940 - Feb 1941). Evaded British Navy ENTIRE CRUISE! Triumphant return Kiel April 1, 1941! Captain Krancke: Knight's Cross! Arctic ops (PQ-17 threat). RAF BOMBING April 9, 1945 - CAPSIZED Kiel harbor, 32 dead! ULTIMATE COMMERCE RAIDER!
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 13660 t
- Displacement (full)
- 16200 t
- Length
- 610.2 ft
- Beam
- 70 ft
- Crew
- 1150 (officers + men)
- Ships built
- 1 (second Deutschland-class)
- Commissioned
- 1934 (November 12, 1934)
- Decommissioned
- 1945 (bombed April 9, 1945, capsized)
Performance
- Top speed
- 28.3 kn
- Range
- 10000 nm at 20 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- "6× 28cm SK C/28 guns" (2× triple turrets - 11-INCH!)
- Secondary guns
- "8× 15cm SK C/28 guns" (4× twin turrets)
- Torpedoes
- 8× 53.3cm torpedo tubes
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 80mm (3.1 inches - thin! Speed emphasized!)
- Deck
- 45mm
In-Game
- Tier
- T2
- Game power
- 25.41
- Research cost
- 2,236
- Credit cost
- 17,787
Notable
- **MOST SUCCESSFUL GERMAN SURFACE RAIDER OF WWII!**
- Second Deutschland-class (commissioned November 12, 1934)
- **17 merchant ships sunk** (113,223 GRT total!)
- **46,000 miles traveled** in 161-day raiding cruise!
- **Battle of Convoy HX 84** (November 5, 1940) - legendary!
- **Sank HMS JERVIS BAY** (armed merchant cruiser, 14,164 GRT!)
- Captain Edward Fegen: **POSTHUMOUS VICTORIA CROSS!** (heroic sacrifice!)
- Jervis Bay charged Scheer alone (David vs Goliath!)
- Jervis Bay sunk after 22-minute battle, 189 dead
- **CONVOY SAVED!** (32 of 37 ships escaped!)
- Scheer frustrated - only 5 merchant ships caught (not entire convoy!)
- Indian Ocean rampage (November 1940 - February 1941)
- Sank Duquesa (refrigerated ship, 8,651 GRT)
- Sank British Advocate & Sandefjord (tankers, 15,032 GRT combined!)
- Evaded British Navy **ENTIRE CRUISE** (perfect execution!)
- Triumphant return Kiel (April 1, 1941)
- Captain Theodor Krancke: Knight's Cross, promoted!
- Arctic operations (1941-1942), convoy PQ-17 threat
- Baltic operations (1943-1945), evacuation support
- **RAF BOMBING RAID** (April 9, 1945) - Kiel harbor
- Lancaster bombers, multiple direct hits
- **CAPSIZED** in shallow water, 32 dead
- Partially scrapped 1946-1952, wreck remains in Kiel
- **ULTIMATE COMMERCE RAIDER!** (Proved diesel panzerschiff concept!)
- More tonnage sunk than any other German surface ship!
- Diesel engines perfect for long-range raiding (16,300 nm range!)