All german war fleet
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Re: All german war fleet
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Sailings abroad.
The Battlecruiser Gneisenau which had been commissioned on May 21, 1938, sailed from Germany to conduct a round of tests in the Atlantic in June 1939. It was probably at this time when she made this visit. The ship was back in Germany when the war began.
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_ba ... _Gneisenau
Orig. AK Schlachtschiff Gneisenau im Hafen Madeira picture. e bay Auction.
Cheers. Raúl M .
Sailings abroad.
The Battlecruiser Gneisenau which had been commissioned on May 21, 1938, sailed from Germany to conduct a round of tests in the Atlantic in June 1939. It was probably at this time when she made this visit. The ship was back in Germany when the war began.
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_ba ... _Gneisenau
Orig. AK Schlachtschiff Gneisenau im Hafen Madeira picture. e bay Auction.
Cheers. Raúl M .
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Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee.
Source: https://pr0gramm.com/static/661858
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Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee.
Source: https://pr0gramm.com/static/661858
Cheers. Raul M .
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Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee.
Source: http://www.ebay.de/itm/Orig-Foto-Indien ... 1615143525
Cheers. Raul M .
Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee.
Source: http://www.ebay.de/itm/Orig-Foto-Indien ... 1615143525
Cheers. Raul M .
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- Commissioning (Indienststellung) of the battleship Admiral Graf Spee on January 6, 1936
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Launching the Torpedo boat "Albatros", July 15, 1926.
Source: http://www.ebay.es/itm/1937-de-la-Armad ... fresh=true
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Launching the Torpedo boat "Albatros", July 15, 1926.
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The Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee in Ceuta - May 1939.
Source: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/col ... scroll=194
Cheers. Raúl M .
The Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee in Ceuta - May 1939.
Source: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/col ... scroll=194
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- The Panzerschiff "Admiral Graf Spee" departs for her Atlantic voyage from the port of Ceuta in the Spanish Morocco:
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- The Panzerschiff "Admiral Graf Spee" departs for her Atlantic voyage from the port of Ceuta in the Spanish Morocco:
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From a Prinz Eugen crew member's photo album which resides in my private collection.
Re: All german war fleet
A minor quibble about German destroyers- their numbers always started with Z for Zerstorer. Those ships with numbers starting with T were torpedo boats-the equivalent of American destroyer escorts or British sloops and frigates. The Torpedoboote didn't have the speed, tonnage or armament that the Zerstorers had.
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hi,
The torpedo boats had - true to their name - a strong torpedo armament (2 x 4 tubes) which the USN DE's or the RN sloops and frigates did not have.
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not quite.genstab wrote:..torpedo boats-the equivalent of American destroyer escorts or British sloops and frigates.
The torpedo boats had - true to their name - a strong torpedo armament (2 x 4 tubes) which the USN DE's or the RN sloops and frigates did not have.
greetings, the pb
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You never heard of the US Fletcher class of wartime destroyers? They had 10 torpedo tubes, 2X5.
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hi, genstab
I drove one of the Fletchers delivered to the German navy as a Watch officer. But they weren't DE's = Destroyer Escorts which you mentioned before.
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I drove one of the Fletchers delivered to the German navy as a Watch officer. But they weren't DE's = Destroyer Escorts which you mentioned before.
greetings, the pb
Peace hath her victories no less renowned than War
(John Milton, the poet, in a letter to the Lord General Cromwell, May 1652)
(John Milton, the poet, in a letter to the Lord General Cromwell, May 1652)
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Granted, the Fletchers weren't frigates ir torpedo boats. I thought you meant a torpedo boat has more torpedos than a destroyer and was giving the example of a destroyer class that indeed had more torpedo mounts than torpedo boats. Sxrry if I misunderstood you.
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Bill in Cleveland
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