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Admiral Scheer, a pocket battleship, was built in 1933 and named after Admiral Reinhard Scheer. Its designation as a 'Pocket' battleship was by the British in 1939. In German it is called a 'Panzerschiff' (Armoured Ship) or a 'Deutschland' class battleship.
Of the the Kriegsmarine's Capital Ships, the Admiral Scheer, under Captain Theodor Krancke, was by far the most successful commerce raider of WW2.
Bombed by the RAF while docked in Kiel in 1945 she capsized and sank.
After the war her upturned hulk was partially scrapped, with what remained being buried under rubble as the dock was filled in to make a car park!
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