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Friday, 27 August 2021

Proposal to disapprove second term for armoured cruiser in German Parliament rejected according to the Dutch newpspaper De Telegraaf dated 19 June 1929

An item dated Berlin, Germany 18th reported that in the parliament during the discussions of the naval budget a proposal of the communists to disapprove the second term for the armoured cruiser (1) with 224 against 153 votes and 5 blank votes was rejected. The social democratic party also rejected the proposal but not their ministers.

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1. The Deutschland, of the Deutschland-class panzerschiffe, later classified as heavy cruiser. Known abroad as pocket battleship. Laid down by Deutsche Werke, Kiel, Germany on 5 February 1929, launched on 19 May 1931, commissioned on 1 April 1933, renamed Lützow in January 1940 and sunk as a target in the Baltic by the Soviet navy on 22 July 1947.

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