German heavy cruiser Lützow 1937-1940 and Russian Petropavlovsk 1940-1944, Tallinn 1944-1953, Dniepr 1953, PKZ-112 1956

 

German Admiral Graf Spee original appearance. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

German Admiral Graf Spee disguised appearance. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Design D-class heavy cruiser. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Admiral Hipper-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Design P-class heavy cruisers. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Admiral Hipper-class preceded by Deutschland-class succeeded by planned P-class. Five planned of which 3 three were completed and 2 cancelled. She was originally designed as a light cruiser but decided to omplete as heavy cruiser on 14 November 1936. Laid down by Deutsche Schiff- un Maschinenbau Bremen, Germany on 2 August 1937, launched on 1 July 1939, sold to the Soviet Union on 11 February 1940, after the Second World War stationary trainig platform and foating barracks and broken up between 1953-1961.