An item reported that at the end of the same month the German cruiser Königsberg (1) would visit Gdynia as a response of the visit lately at Kiel, Germany by Polish warships. The armoured cruiser Admiral Scheer (2) would visit in the same period Danzig.
Notes
1. Of the Königsberg-class light cruisers, preceded by Emden and succeeded by Leipzig-class, laid down at the Reichsmarinewerft on 12 April 1926, launched on 26 March 1927, commissioned on 17 April 1929, sunk on 10 April 1940 off Bergen, Norway as result of a British air attack, salvaged on 17 July 1942, righted in March 1943 and became a pier for submarines, capsized on 22 September 1944 and broken up after 1945.
1. Of the Deutschland-class panzerschiffe later classified as heavy cruisers preceded by the Admiral Hipper-class. Known abroas as pocket battleship. Main armament 2x3-28cm/11”guns on fore and aft ship one turret. Laid down by Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven, Germany on 25 June 1931, launched on 1 April 1933, commissioned on 12 November 1934, sunk during an air attack at Kiel, Germany on 9 April 1945, partly broken up and the remains used of filling up the inner part of the dockyard.
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