Characteristics of German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee as reported to the British Admiralty on 14 January 1936

Admiral Graf Seep. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

pre dreadnought Braunschweig. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that the German Marineattaché captain Erwin Wassner at London informed the British Admiralty conform the Anglo-German Naval Agreement dated 18 June 1935 that the panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee was laid down on 1 October 1932 as Ersatz Braunschweig decided by government on 30 June 1932 and completed on 6 January 1936. Standard displacement (article 6 of Treaty) 10,000 tons/10,160 metric tons and as dimensions 181,7 (waterline) x 21,66 (extreme beam at or below waterline) x 5 (mean draught at standard displacement) metres. Heaviest calibre not mentioned.

Source

Bundesarchiv. German Marineattaché at London. RM 12-II/119.