Drawing of G.J. Frans Naerebout, published in Op de lange deining
An item referred to a report which could not be confirmed mentioning that the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer (1) which was last seen in the Trondheim Fjord, Norway now was berthed in a fjord near Narvik, Norway while the Lutzow (2) around 15 May seemed to go to Tromso, Norway. The Lutzow was last seen at sea off Gdynia, Poland. Aircraft which recently flew above the Trondheim Fjord missed the usual berth of the Admiral Scheer. On 13 May were also the usual berths of the Prinz Eugen (3) or Admiral Scheer not covered by the reconnaissance aircraft. The Tirpitz (4) and Hipper (5) were both sighted in their usual berths.
Notes
1. Of the Deutschland-class panzerschiffe later classified as heavy cruisers preceded by the Admiral Hipper-class. 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.
2. Of the Deutschland-class panzerschiffe later classified as heavy cruisers preceded by the Admiral Hipper-class. Main armament 2x3-28cm/11”guns on fore and aft ship one turret. Laid down by Deutsche Werke, Kiel, Germany on 5 February 1929, launched on 19 May 131, commissioned on 1 April 1933, renamed Lützow in January 1940, sunk in April 194 during an British RAF air attack, salvaged by Russian forces in 1947 and sunk while used as a target on 22 July 1947.
3. Of the Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers, preceded by Deutschland-class. Laid down by Germaniawerft, Kiel on 23 April 1936, launched on 22 August 1938, commissioned on 1 August 1940, decommissioned on 7 May 1945, surrendered on 8 May 1945, handed over to the USA and sunk on 22 December 1946 during nuclear tests.
4. Laid down by Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven, Germany on 2 November 1936, launched on 1 April 1939, commissioned on 25 February 1941 and sunk by the Royal Air Force on 12 November 1944 at Tromsø, Norway, with her wreck broken up between 1948-1957. Of the Bismarck-class as answer on the French Richelieu-class battleships.
5. Laid down by Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany on 6 July 1935, launched on 6 February 1937, commissioned on 29 April 1939, scuttled at Kiel, Germany being heavy damaged during a British air attack on 3 May 1945, finally salvaged in July 1945 and broken up between 1948-1952. Of the Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers, preceded by the Deutschland-class heavy cruisers also known as pocket-battleships.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 155 dated 14 May 1942
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