Pocket Battleships Of The Deutschland Class : D... Info

The philosophy behind the class was simple: create a ship that could outgun any cruiser fast enough to catch it, and outrun any battleship powerful enough to sink it.

While the "Pocket Battleship" was eventually outclassed by modern fast battleships like the HMS Hood or the French Dunkerque class—which were designed specifically to hunt them—they forced the Allied powers to divert massive naval resources to protect merchant shipping. They remain a symbol of German naval defiance and technical creativity. Pocket battleships of the Deutschland class : D...

Six 11-inch guns in two triple turrets gave them the punch of a battleship. The philosophy behind the class was simple: create

The lead ship, renamed to avoid the propaganda blow of a ship named "Germany" being sunk. Pocket battleships of the Deutschland class : D...