Lützow

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Lützow was a German heavy cruiser (originally the pocket battleship Deutschland) that served in the Kriegsmarine during World War II.

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Lützow canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kriegsmarine ship
heavy cruiser
warship
armament anti-aircraft guns
torpedo tubes
builtIn Kiel
category Deutschland-class cruiser of Germany
linked to: Deutschland class

Ships built in Kiel
World War II cruisers of Germany
commissionedIn 1933
conflict World War II
country Germany
damagedBy Norwegian coastal artillery
Royal Air Force bombers
damagedIn Battle of Drøbak Sound
displacement approximately 12000 tons standard
over 14000 tons full load
fate sunk
homePort Gotenhafen
Kiel
launchedBy Deutsche Werke Kiel
launchedIn 1931
mainArmament 6 × 28 cm (11 in) guns in two triple turrets
maximumSpeed about 28 knots
namedAfter Adolf von Lützow
navalEnsign Naval ensign of Nazi Germany
operation Operation Weserübung
operator Kriegsmarine
originalName Deutschland
linked to: Germany
participatedIn invasion of Norway
propulsion diesel engines
renamedAs Lützow
renamedTo Lützow
role commerce raider
surface raider
scrappedIn post-World War II period
secondaryArmament 8 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns
serviceBranch German Navy
Kriegsmarine
serviceEnd 1945
serviceStart early 1930s
shipClass Deutschland-class cruiser
shipType Panzerschiff
pocket battleship
statusAfterWar wreck used as target by Soviet Navy
sunkAt Swinemünde area
sunkBy Royal Air Force
sunkIn 1945
tookPartIn Baltic Sea operations
usedFor shore bombardment on Eastern Front

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Kriegsmarine notableShip Lützow
SMS Lützow namedAfter Lützow
Lützow renamedTo Lützow
Deutschland renamedAs Lützow
subject linked to: Lützow