Admiral Graf Spee

Admiral Graf Spee is a battlecruiser based on the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee.

Introduction

Launched in 1934, Admiral Graf Spee was one of three Deutschland-class heavy cruisers that served the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War. Due to their armament of six 23cm guns, the Deutschland class were often nicknamed `pocket battleships' by the British.

A few weeks prior to the outbreak of war, Admiral Graf Spee was deployed to the South Atlantic to be in position in merchant lanes. Between September and December 1939 Admiral Graf Spee sank nine ships before encountering three British cruisers (Exeter, Ajax and Achilles) at the Battle of the River Plate. The commander decided to engage the enemy vessels and closed the distance at max speed. Admiral Graf Spee focused on Exeter and Ajax with her main and secondary guns respectively, landing three hits on Exeter and disabling her two forward turrets. Ajax and Achilles closed in, forcing Admiral Graf Spee to retreat under smoke from the fear of a torpedo attack. This allowed Exeter to attack with her stern turret, but resulted in Admiral Graf Spee landing more hits on the ship. Admiral Graf Spee also managed to hit Ajax and disable her aft turrets.

Both sides broke off the action after receiving heavy damage. Admiral Graf Spee retreated into the River Plate estuary to put into Montevideo. Damage from the engagement had destroyed the oil purification plant that prepared fuel for her engines in addition to the desalination plant. Knowing that the ship was docked, the British convinced commander Langsdorff that a superior force was on the way to destroy the ship, making him decide to scuttle the ship to prevent the loss of his crew. Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled on the 17th December 1939.

Namesake

Named after Admiral Maximilian Reichsgraf von Spee.

Profile

Profile
Type	Battlecruiser	Birthday	30 June	No. 130 Normal Damaged
Rarity	4	Nationality	German
Class	Deutschland Class	Illustrator	Lino

Attributes

Attributes				Construction/Acquiring
	57		43/68	4-3. 4-4. 5-3, 6-3, 6-4
	6		36/50	Equipment
	12/42		8	2	G-Country 283mm Guns in triple mounts
	25/55		22/52	2	Diesel Engine
	Long		14/39	2
	0		27.5	0	N/A
More attributes Disassembling 40/50/40/0 Enhancement 43/0/39/11 Consumption 50/90
Illustration Normal Damaged

Quotes

• English
• 中文

Event	Quote
Acquisition	Pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee. Admiral, you will not bully me... Right?
Engagement

Event	Quote
Acquisition	袖珍战列舰，斯佩伯爵海军上将，长官你不会欺负我的...对吧？
Engagement	其实...被你欺负也不是坏事...我喜欢长官，保持自己就好了...唔嗯。

Trivia

• During her engagement with the British ships, Admiral Graf Spee was hit 70 times and lost 36 men.
• Her commander, Langsdorff, shot himself whilst in full dress uniform and lying on the ship's battle ensign on the 20th December.
• A crowd of 20,000 watched as the scuttling charges were set.
• A 2 metre wide, 400kg eagle and swastika crest belonging to the ship was salvaged in 2006.
• According to her illustrator, her anchors can be used as a beer bottle opener.
  

Bottle opener

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