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Battle of River Plate
Battle of River Plate
Admiral Graf Spee

Name: Admiral Graf Spee
Namesake: Maximilian von Spee
Builder: Reichsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven
Laid down: 1 October 1932
Launched: 30 June 1934
Commissioned: 6 January 1936
Fate: Scuttled, 17 December 1939

General characteristics

Class and type: Deutschland-class cruiser
Displacement:

14,890 t (14,650 long tons; 16,410 short tons) (design)
16,020 long tons (16,280 t) (full load)

Length: 186 m (610 ft 3 in) Beam: 21.65 m (71 ft 0 in) Draft: 7.34 m (24 ft 1 in)
Installed power: 52,050 bhp (38,810 kW)
Propulsion: 2 propellers; 8 ? diesel engines
Speed: 28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Range: 16,300 nautical miles (30,200 km; 18,800 mi) at 18.69 knots (34.61 km/h; 21.51 mph)

Complement:

As built: 33 officers 586 enlisted

After 1935: 30 officers 921?1,040 enlisted

Sensors and processing systems:

1939: FMG 39 G(gO)

Armament:

As built:

6 ? 28 cm (11 in) in triple turrets
8 ? 15 cm (5.9 in) in single turrets
8 ? 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes

Armor:

Main turrets: 140 mm (5.5 in)
Belt: 80 mm (3.1 in)
Main deck: 17?45 mm (0.67?1.77 in)

Aircraft carried: 2 ? Arado Ar 196 floatplanes
Aviation facilities: 1 ? catapult

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