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	German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Admiral Graf Spee was launched in 1934 and named after the World War I Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee who died, along with two of his sons, in the first Battle of the Falkland Islands on 8 December 1914.
		Admiral Graf Spee sailed from Wilhelmshaven on 21 August 1939, her mission to act as a raider in the South Atlantic.
		On 10 February 2006, the eagle figurehead of the Admiral Graf Spee was recovered.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/German_battleship_Admiral_Graf_Spee (1224 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Pocket battleship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Pocket battleship is an English language term for a class of warships built by German Reichsmarine in accordance with restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles.
		The German Kriegsmarine, which on the eve of World War II was years away from having a large surface fleet, was careful not to make the same mistake, and during the war they intended to use the Panzerschiff vessels purely as commerce raiders on the high seas.
		Pocket battleship is the English nickname for a class of warships built by Germany in accordance with restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pocket-battleship (1962 words)

	German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Admiral Scheer was a Deutschland class heavy cruiser (often termed a pocket battleship) which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II.
		Admiral Scheer was modified throughout the early months of the war and went to sea on 14 October 1940.
		Admiral Scheer did not sortie again until 2 July 1942 when she set off on an abortive attempt to intercept arctic convoy PQ-17.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Admiral_Scheer (1008 words)

	Admiral Scheer - Operational History
		Admiral Scheer was at the Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel for an overhaul.
		Admiral Scheer was at the Blohm and Voss shipyard at Hamburg for repairs.
		Admiral Scheer opened fire with all 28 cm guns and the port 15 cm battery in support of the German land offensive to re-open the Konigsberg/Pillau land corridor for the escape of refugees.
	www.deutschland-class.dk /admiral_scheer/admiral_scheer_operation_hist.html (3909 words)

	DKM Admiral Scheer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Admiral Scheer, a pocket battleship, was built in 1933.
		Its designation as a 'Pocket' battleship was by the British in 1939.
		The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-DKM_Admiral_Scheer.html (564 words)

	Admiral Scheer: Jervis Bay - Ross Memorial Park: Heritage Resources Saint John
		This pocket battleship first saw action in the Second World War when she shot down a British aeroplane while lying in the Schillig Roads off Wilhelmshaven.
		In 1940 she was withdrawn from active service for a general refit: the solid, rather typical pocket battleship control-tower and bridge were replaced by a lighter type of mast, and she was also given a clipper bow.
		Admiral Scheer continued on her own and managed to capture another ship - this time the Norwegian tanker Sandefjord, which was taken to France by a prize crew.
	www.saintjohn.nbcc.nb.ca /~Heritage/JervisBay/AdmiralScheer.htm (996 words)

	German , Nurnberg, Lutzow, Admiral Hipper, Graf Spee, Scheer, Tirpitz, Bismarck, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Graf, ...
		German, Nurnberg, Lutzow, Admiral Hipper, Graf Spee, Scheer, Tirpitz, Bismarck, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Graf, Zeppelin, Blucher, Leipzig
		German Surface Warships and Raiders - Pocket battleship "Admiral Scheer" sails from Germany for the Atlantic and later Indian Oceans.
		German Heavy Warships and Raiders - Pocket battleship "Admiral Scheer" is hunting in the South Atlantic, while battlecruisers "Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau" in Germany and heavy cruiser "Hipper" in Brest, France prepare to sail.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsGermanWarships.htm (7180 words)

	Pocket battleship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The pocket battleships (Panzerschiff - "armoured ship" in German also known as Deutschland class) were class of warships built by Germany in accordance with restrictions imposed by Treaty of Versailles.
		German capital ships were restricted by the of Versailles to a displacement of 10000 and 11" guns.
		Admiral Graf Spee fought three British cruisers in the Battle of the River Plate 13 December 1939 damaging one so it had to break off the action.
	www.freeglossary.com /Pocket_battleship (544 words)

	HMS "Jervis Bay":Convoy HX.84. 5th November 1940:Research by David Bews:Highland Archives
		The "Scheer" had caught her and after four salvos from her guns her upper deck was a mass of flames, her bridge was destroyed, her poop-deck, bow plates and funnel torn away.
		The "Admiral Scheer" went on to complete her cruise of the South Atlantic and added another nine ships to her total of 17 (115,000 tons) ships destroyed and returned to Germany in Apr 1941.
		The "Admiral Scheer" survive until the last days of the war and was bombed and sunk by the RAF at Kiel on 9th Apr 1945.
	www.internet-promotions.co.uk /archives/caithness/jervisbaydetail.htm (2698 words)

	German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Admiral Graf Spee was a Panzerschiff which served with the Kriegsmarine of Germany during World War II.
		Admiral Graf Spee was launched by Germany in 1934 and named after the World War I Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee who died, along with two of his sons, in the first Battle of the Falkland Islands on 8 December 1914.
		Admiral Graf Spee sailed from Wilhelmshaven, Germany, on 21 August 1939, her mission to act as a raider in the South Atlantic.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/DKM_Admiral_Graf_Spee (1246 words)

	Pocket battleship
		Pocket battleship is the British Royal Navy description for a class of warships built by German Reichsmarine in accordance with restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles.
		The German Kriegsmarine, which on the outbreak of World War II was years away from having a large surface fleet, was careful not to make the same mistake, and during the war, the Germans intended to use the Panzerschiff vessels purely as commerce raiders on the high seas.
		However, the German ship was also significantly damaged, and after spending several days trapped at Montevideo, she was scuttled on 17 December, 1939, rather than risk a battle with the blockading British warships.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Pocket_battleship (1790 words)

	German, U-boat, U-39, U39, U.39, Courageous, Ark Royal Fortune, Forester, Foxhound, Firedrake, HMS
		The French warships allocated to the Atlantic and the German are mainly modern.
		German Navy forces include a pocket battleship, six cruisers and 14 destroyers for the landings at the five Norwegian ports, with battlecruisers “Scharnhorst” and “Gneisenau” covering the two most northerly landings.
		German Codes - 'Ultra' is now breaking the Luftwaffe Enigma codes with some regularity, and early in the month has its first major breakthrough when supporting evidence for the Knickebein navigation aid for bombers is obtained.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsUboats.htm (4145 words)

	Downhills Central School, Canadian Pacific, SS Beaverford, Jervis Bay, Merchant Seamen, Admiral Scheer
		The ship was lost with all hands on 5 Nov 1940 as a result of an heroic holding action, fighting alongside the Armed Merchant Cruiser, HMS "Jervis Bay", against the enemy pocket battleship, "Admiral Scheer".
		The white ensign (on the Jervis Bay) was gone and "Beaverford", though only armed for defence against submarines, must keep her red ensign flying to the last to allow more fortunate vessels to speed away in other directions.
		Her fight with Admiral Scheer began about sundown and skill combined with fortune enabled her to resist until nearly an hour before midnight.
	freespace.virgin.net /j.franklin/Beaverford.htm (585 words)

	Admiral Scheer Ship
		Admiral Scheer, a pocket battleship, was built in 1933 and...
		The Admiral Scheer was the second of the Deutschland class...
		Admiral Scheer took on the work of her sister ship Admiral Graf Spee...
	www.boats-to-buy.com /admiral-scheer-ship.html (657 words)

	uboat.net - Articles
		Of these, the only war action recorded was a retaliation bombardment in April 1937 of the port of Almería by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer after her sister ship Deutschland suffered an aerial attack by Republican (1) combat planes.
		On September 21st, a Republican fleet comprised of a battleship, two cruisers and six destroyers was dispatched to the northern waters in the Bay of Biscay area to regain control of the sea and support land operations.
		The boat, with a displacement of 745 tons surfaced and 965 tons submerged, a length of 72.38 meters, and a top speed of 17.0 knots surfaced, was assembled as a private venture in Cádiz by the Spanish shipbuilders Echevarrieta y Larrinaga with sections brought in from Holland, and launched in October 1930.
	uboat.net /articles?article=59 (6794 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The use of battlecruisers as commerce raiders was curtailed following an attack by the Admiral Scheer on a convoy guarded by the HMS Jervis Bay, an armed merchant cruiser.
		It persuaded the British Admiralty that convoys had to be guarded by battleships (or battlecruisers) and subsequently the smaller German ships were forced away from their quarry.
		Eisenhower had been impressed during the war with the German Autobahn system, and also recalled his own involvement in a military convoy in 1919 that took 62 days to cross the U.S. Another achievement was a 20% increase in family income during his presidency,...
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Convoy.htm (1366 words)

	German pocket battleship Deutschland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Deutschland (later re-named Lützow), was the lead ship of her class that served in the German Kriegsmarine before and during World War II.
		The ship was originally classified as an armored ship (Panzerschiff) by Germany, and referred to as a pocket battleship by the British.
		The class was termed Panzerschiff ("armoured ship"); they were designated "pocket battleships" by the British because of their characteristics: their guns (6 x 28 cm in two turrets) were substantially bigger than those of the heavy cruisers of her time, but they were much smaller (and much less armoured), but faster than the standard battleships.
	www.tocatch.info /en/German_heavy_cruiser_Lutzow.htm (721 words)

	II: Servicemen and Civilians captured at Sea \| NZETC
		German U-boats and surface raiders had begun their attacks on British merchant shipping in the first week of the war, and by the latter part of 1940 German marauding craft had penetrated into most of the sea-routes of the British Commonwealth.
		By Article 36 of the 1929 Geneva Convention each prisoner was entitled within a week of his ‘arrival in camp’ to send a postcard to his relatives informing them of his capture and the state of his health.
		The German occupation of large areas of Western Europe in the spring and summer of 1940 had brought further numbers of British and Commonwealth civilians into enemy hands.
	www.nzetc.org /tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Pris-_N73373.html (1900 words)

	NLS - Sgt. (Pilot) Albert Stanley Prince
		Their reconnaissance flight in a No. 139 Squadron Blenheim on the day war was declared had observed the German "pocket" battleship Admiral Scheer, cruiser Emden, and other warships anchored at the German naval base at the entrance to Wilhelmshaven on Germany's north coast.
		Clearly surprised, the ships' crews were later reported, "to have looked up as if watching an airshow." The Blenheims hit the Admiral Scheer with at least four bombs, none of which exploded probably because of the extremely low altitude of the attack and the battleship's thick armour plating.
		A German witness reported the fate of a fourth: "The crew of one Blenheim attacked at such a low level that the blast of their own bomb on the warship destroyed the RAF aircraft." Apparently the delay fuse must have malfunctioned.
	www.lancastermuseum.ca /prince.html (1892 words)

	Battlecruisers Of World War II
		But the Germans were too smart for the regulators, and determined to build long range, seagoing commerce raiders on a displacement that did not exceed the treaty limit too obviously.
		The German Admiralty was well aware that these ships should have mounted heavier guns, and in fact had planned their main battery as 6-15in guns, in three twin turrets (the same mounts being developed for the Bismarck class battleships).
		This put the Scharnhorst class at a disadvantage compared to the similar size British battleships of the King George V class, and when Scharnhorst encountered the Duke of York and her escorts off Northern Norway late in December 1943, she was overcome by the British battleship's larger guns.
	www.chuckhawks.com /battlecruisers.htm (9246 words)

	McCalla
		While in command of Newark during the Boxer Rebellion 2 years later, he was cited for conspicuous gallantry in battle as he led a force of bluejackets from Tientsin to Peking.
		McCalla’s force of 112 men spearheaded an international column, under British Admiral Seymour, which was attempting to fight its way to the aid of foreign legations under seige at Peking.
		Commissioned rear admiral 11 October 1903, and entered on the retired list 19 June 1906, McCalla died 6 May 1910 at Santa Barbara, Calif., and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/m7/mccalla-i.htm (641 words)

	Pocket battleship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In 1940 two German surface raiders, the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer and the pocket battleship...
		German Pocket Battleships: After the end of World War I, the German Navy came upwith the concept of the Panzerschiffe, or Pocket Battleship, as a method of.
		Pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled by her crew off Montevideo inDecember 1939, rather than face a resumption of the Battle of the River Plate.
	www.deluxeroulette.com /pocket+battleship.html (321 words)

	German Pocket Battleships, reviewed by James Hood
		That however, is the world for which the fledgling Deutsche Kriesgsmarine formulated the Pocket Battleship.
		When the infant Deutsche Kriegsmarine (DKM, German Navy) designed their first heavy units, German naval architects were praised in the press for boldly striking out in a new direction.
		The only movie "about" a pocket battleship was the 1956 British "Battle Of The River Plate," also known as "Pursuit Of The Graf Spee" in the USA.
	www.modelingmadness.com /others/books/hoodpb.htm (586 words)

	DD-253 DANFS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Elizabeth McCalla Miller, daughter of Rear Admiral McCalla, and commissioned 19 May 1919, Lt. Comdr.
		Commissioned as H.M.S. Stanley (I-73) she was designated for service in the Fourth "Town" Flotilla and departed Halifax 1 November.
		At St. John's on the 5th, when the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer attacked a convoy underway for the United Kingdom, sinking six ships, Stanley was dispatched to escort the convoy back to Nova Scotia.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/destroy/dd253txt.htm (404 words)

	DD-70 DANFS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Lewes departed Halifax 1 November and arrived at Belfast, Northern Ireland, 9 November, searching for the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer during her passage.
		In February 1942 she joined Rosyth Escort Force, escorting convoys between the Thames and the Firth of Forth, Scotland.
		On 9 and 10 November 1942 she engaged German E-boats which attacked her convoy off Lowestoft.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/destroy/dd70txt.htm (461 words)

	The Ballad of Convoy HX84
		, 1940, the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer attacked Convoy HX84 in the Atlantic Ocean.
		Their only escort, SS Jervis Bay, was an old passenger liner that been converted into an armed merchant cruiser.
		This poem won second prize in the 1996 Grugin Award in West Virginia Poets Society annual competition and consequently published in the WVPS Anthology.
	www.electricscotland.com /poetry/young/convoy_hx84.htm (266 words)

	GERMAN POCKET BATTLESHIPS 1939-45 by GORDON WILLIAMSON from Pickabook Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Presents a hilarious odyssey in which an amateurish bunch of English eccentrics goes cricketing across the globe.
		At the end of World War I the German Navy came up with the concept of the pocket battleship.
		This title covers the three sister ships - the "Deutschland", the "Admiral Graf Spee" and the "Admiral Scheer" which formed the core of the Kriegsmarine's fighting power at the start of World War II.
	www.pickabook.co.uk /cgi-bin/bkdetail.php?isbn=1841765015 (217 words)

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