Name: Admiral Graf Spee
Namesake: Maximilian von Spee
Laid down: October 1, 1932
Launched: June 30, 1934
Commissioned: January 6, 1936[1]
Nickname: Graf Spee
Fate: Scuttled December 17, 1939
General characteristics
Class and type: Deutschland class cruiser
Displacement: 12,100 t standard;
16,200 t full load
Length: 186 m (610 ft)[2]
Beam: 21.65 m (71.0 ft)[2]
Draught: 7.34 metres (24.1 ft)[2]
Propulsion: Eight 9-cylinder double-acting two-stroke MAN diesels
two screws, 52,050 hp (40 MW)
Speed: 28.5 knots (53 km/h)
Range: 8,900 nautical miles at 20 knots (16,500 km at 37 km/h)
Or
19,000 nautical miles at 10 knots (35,000 km at 18.5 km/h)
Complement: 1001-1,150[1]
Electronic warfare
and decoys: Early version of Seetakt radar[3]
Armament: 6 × 280 mm (11 inch)
8 × 150 mm (5.9 inch)
6 × 105 mm (4.1 inch)
8 × 37 mm
10 × 20 mm
8 × 533 mm (21 inch) torpedo tubes
Armor: turret face: (160 mm)
belt: (80 mm)
deck: 40 mm)
Aircraft carried: Two Arado 196 seaplanes, one catapult
