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Admiral Scheer

國家德國
艦級Deutschland 級 重巡洋艦
造船廠Kriegsmarinewerft
Yard Number123
Slip/Drydock NumberI
訂購日期1931年5月19日
安放龍骨日期1931年6月25日
下水日期1933年4月1日
服役日期1934年11月12日
沉沒日期1945年4月9日
排水量12,100 tons standard; 16,200 tons full
長度610 feet
寬度71 feet
吃水24 feet
動力來源8xMAN diesel engines with two screws
功率52,050 shaft horsepower
速度28 knots
續航力8,900nm at 20 knots
乘員1,150
武裝6x280mm, 8x150mm, 8x530mm torpedo tubes
裝甲140mm turret face, 58mm belt, 41mm deck
Aircraft2

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ww2dbaseAdmiral Scheer was a Deutschland class heavy cruiser named after Admiral Reinhard Scheer, the victor of Battle of Jutland in 1916. Almost two years after Captain Wilhelm Marschall took over as her first skipper, she was sent to Spain to evacuate German civilians during the country's civil war. She also delivered German weapons to Francisco Franco's Nationalist forces. On 31 May 1937 she bombarded Republican installations at Almería in reprisal for an air attack on the heavy cruiser Deutschland two days earlier. The actions in the Spanish Civil War prepared her crew for actions in the military phase of WW2 that began in Sep 1939.

ww2dbaseAlong with the other heavy cruisers in her class, Admiral Scheer was considered a ship with revolutionary designs. She was laid down with the philosophy that she must be faster than ships with superior firepower, while she must also achieve superior firepower against ships faster than her. The result was a class of ships that were well suited for merchant raiding missions.

ww2dbaseOn 4 Sep 1939, Admiral Scheer was attacked by British bombers at Wilhelmshaven. She took down four bombers with her anti-aircraft guns and suffered minor damage from three bombs. On 14 Oct 1940 under the command of Captain Theodor Kranke she left for a raiding mission; she sank six ships on 5 Nov during her first engagement with a British merchant convoy. She continued on to sink ten more ships during the course of the next few months, venturing as far as the Indian Ocean with her oiler ship Nordmark. She returned to Kiel on 1 Apr 1941 after a 46,000-nautical mile journey.

ww2dbaseOn 2 Jul 1942 she was sent on a sortie again, searching for convoys in the North Atlantic transporting supplies to Russia. She bombarded the Russian meteorological station at Cape Zhelaniya on 25 August, and then sank the armed ice breaker Aleksandr Sibiryakov, though she failed her primary mission of finding a convoy known in the vicinity. She went on to bombard a radio station at Novy Dikson before returning to Wilhelmshaven without any kills to report.

ww2dbaseIn the fall of 1944 Admiral Scheer provided coastal fire support to retreating army units on the Sorvemaa Peninsula in the Baltic Sea. In Jan and Feb 1945 she provided some bombardment support. At the night of 9 Apr 1945, she was attacked and sank by 300 British Royal Air Force bombers while in port at Kiel.

ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia.

Last Major Revision: Feb 2006

Heavy Cruiser Admiral Scheer 互動地圖

Photographs

Admiral Scheer as seen on a postcard, circa 1930sGneisenau, Admiral Graf Spee, Admiral Scheer, and Deutschland steamed in a line during the German Naval Review of Aug 1938Deutschland and either Admiral Scheer or Admiral Graf Spee, English Channel, Apr 1939Heavy cruisers Admiral Hipper and Admiral Scheer leaving a Norwegian fjord, photographed from Tirpitz, circa 1942
See all 5 photographs of Heavy Cruiser Admiral Scheer

Admiral Scheer Operational Timeline

1931年6月25日 The keel of Admiral Scheer was laid down by Reichsmarinewerft in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
1933年4月1日 Admiral Scheer was launched at Wilhelmshaven dockyard in Germany.
1934年11月12日 Admiral Scheer was commissioned into service.
1937年5月31日 Albatros escorted Admiral Scheer as the heavy cruiser bombarded Spanish Republican naval facilities at Almería, Spain.
1940年7月21日 British Hampden bombers from No. 61 and No. 144 Squadrons attacked German cruiser Admiral Scheer at Wilhelmshaven, Germany, causing no damage.
1940年9月12日 Nordmark began supporting cruiser Admiral Scheer.
1940年11月5日 German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer approached Allied convoy HX-84 in the North Atlatic in the late afternoon, and British armed merchant cruiser Jervis Bay moved in to intercept. Hopelessly outgunned, Jervis Bay was sunk within 15 minutes of the gun battle; 190 were killed and 65 survived; Captain Fegen of Jervis Bay would be awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously for his efforts to slow Admiral Scheer. Nevertheless, Admiral Scheer was able to sink 5 additional British ships in the convoy before the convoy scattered and escaped, killing an additional 208 sailors.
1940年11月24日 HMS Cumberland joined Hunting Group in search for German battleship Admiral Scheer off Brazil.
1940年11月24日 German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer stopped British ship Port Hobart near the Azores; the crew was imprisoned and Port Hobart was scuttled.
1940年12月1日 German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer sank British ship Tribesman 500 miles west of the Cape Verde islands; 8 were killed and 14 survived.
1940年12月18日 German cruiser Admiral Scheer captured British ship Duquesna in the South Atlantic 800 miles south of Cape Verde Islands, capturing 91 crew and 8 passengers. Captain Theodor Krancke of Admiral Scheer purposefully allowed Duquesna to radio to help in order to distract the Royal Navy, hoping to indirectly help cruiser Admiral Hipper to break out into the Atlantic Ocean from the Denmark Strait. Duquesna, with 3,500 tons of frozen beef and 15 million eggs on board, was kept in operation by the Germans in the South Atlantic until 18 Feb 1941 to supply German ships in the area.
1940年12月18日 HMS Cumberland diverted with HMS Enterprise to join HM Cruiser Newcastle in renewed search for Admiral Scheer. then reported between Rio de Janeiro and the Plate. Later was also deployed to search for commerce raider Pinguin.
1941年1月18日 German cruiser Admiral Scheer captured Norwegian tanker Sandefjord 1,000 miles off the coast of Angola, Portuguese West Africa. The ship, along with her cargo of 11,000 tons of crude oil, was sent to France as a prize ship.
1941年1月20日 German cruiser Admiral Scheer sank British ship Stanpark and captured Dutch ship Barneveld 1,000 miles off the coast of Angola.
1941年2月14日 German armed merchant cruiser Atlantis, with a fleet of two prize ships and one supply ship, made rendezvous with German cruiser Admiral Scheer. The ships transferred supplies amongst each other while prize ship tanker Ketty Brøvig refueled Admiral Scheer.
1941年2月20日 German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer sank Greek steamer Grigorios C II (27 survivors were taken prisoner) and captured British tanker British Advocate west of the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean. Advocate was to be sent to France as a prize ship.
1941年2月21日 German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer sank British ship Canadian Cruiser 575 miles west of the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean. Before being taken prisoner, the crew radioed for help, which was received by British cruiser HMS Glasgow.
1941年2月22日 German cruiser Admiral Scheer sank Dutch collier Rantau Pandjang off the east coast of Africa. Distress signals were received by British cruiser HMS Glasgow, which was already aware of Admiral Scheer's presence by the sinking of British ship Canadian Cruiser on the previous day. HMS Glasgow launched her seaplane to search for the German raider, but the aircraft would return without any findings.
1941年3月1日 German cruiser Admiral Scheer entered the South Atlantic from the Indian Ocean.
1941年3月17日 German armed merchant cruiser Kormoran and submarine U-124 made rendezvous with cruiser Admiral Scheer 1,150 miles southwest of Cape Verde Islands. U-124 transferred quartz aboard Admiral Scheer for her radar; although planned, the transfer of torpedoes from Kormoran to U-124 was canceled due to rough seas.
1941年5月21日 Nordmark completed supported cruiser Admiral Scheer.
1941年9月4日 German cruiser Admiral Scheer departed the Baltic Sea for Oslo, Norway.
1941年9月8日 British Flying Fortress bombers unsuccessfully attacked the German cruiser Admiral Scheer in Oslofjord, Norway.
1941年9月9日 German cruiser Admiral Scheer was ordered to sail from Oslo, Norway for Swinemünde, Germany (now Swinoujscie, Poland).
1942年2月21日 German cruiser Admiral Scheer, cruiser Prinz Eugen, and 5 destroyers departed Brunsbüttel, Germany for Bergen, Norway. RAF Coastal Command attempted to intercept them, but most of the aircraft failed to find them, and the lone bomber that did was shot down.
1942年2月22日 German cruiser Admiral Scheer, cruiser Prinz Eugen, and 5 destroyers arrived at Bergen, Norway. British RAF aircraft continued to attack this force, again unsuccessfully, losing 3 Albacore carrier aircraft in the process. The force would depart Bergen after sundown for Trondheim, Norway.
1942年8月16日 Admiral Scheer departed Ofotfjord near Narvik, Norway at 1500 hours, embarking on Operation Wunderland to raid Soviet merchant shipping. A Russian-speaking radio intelligence team was brought on board to help decipher intercepted messages. Admiral Scheer was escorted by destroyer Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt, destroyer Z15 Erich Steinbrink, and destroyer Z4 Richard Beitzen.
1942年8月18日 German cruiser Admiral Scheer, destroyer Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt, destroyer Z15 Erich Steinbrink, and destroyer Z4 Richard Beitzen entered Kara Sea.
1942年8月25日 Admiral Scheer spotted Soviet ice breaker Alexander Sibiyakov in the Kara Sea at 1100 hours. At 1500 hours, Admiral Scheer sank Alexander Sibiyakov, killing 80; the Soviet ship was able to send out a distress signal before her sinking. At 1545 hours, Admiral Scheer intercepted a radio message from the Soviet Western Sector Command Headquarters of Northern Sea Route Main Directorate, informing Soviet ships of her presence. Out of precaution, Admiral Scheer turned to the northwest, away from known Soviet bases.
1942年8月27日 Admiral Scheer approached Port Dikson in northern Russia at 0105 hours, intending to attack the command center of the Soviet Northern Sea Route with a 180-man landing party, not knowing the port was well-defended with 50 NKVD troops, 300 militia, 2 anti-tank guns, 1 anti-aircraft gun, 1 750mm howitzer, and large caliber coastal guns. As Admiral Scheer approached to bombard, Soviet flagship Dezhnev was disabled at 0145 hours (7 were killed), followed by Soviet ship Revolutionary. To Admiral Scheer's surprise, 152mm coastal guns opened fire; although the Soviet coastal gun crews could not see through the thick smoke from Dezhnev and Revolutionary and could only fire in Admiral Scheer's general direction, it was enough to force Admiral Scheer to break off the attack. At the end of the engagement, Port Dikson saw its radio station, oil depot, coal storage, and power station damaged or destroyed.
1942年8月28日 Admiral Scheer made rendezvous with German destroyers near Bear Island, Norway.
1942年8月30日 Admiral Scheer arrived at Schemenfjord near Narvik, Norway.
1944年11月20日 Admiral Scheer, Prinz Eugen, Z35, Z36, and Z43 began shelling Soviet positions during the evacuation of the Sõrve (German: Sworbe) peninsula on the Estonian island of Saaremaa (German: Ösel).
1944年11月24日 Admiral Scheer, Prinz Eugen, Z35, Z36, and Z43 completed shelling Soviet positions during the evacuation of the Sõrve (German: Sworbe) peninsula on the Estonian island of Saaremaa (German: Ösel).




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