Lützow

E147681

Lützow was a German heavy cruiser (originally the pocket battleship Deutschland) that served in the Kriegsmarine during World War II.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lützow canonical 5

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kriegsmarine ship
heavy cruiser
warship
armament anti-aircraft guns
torpedo tubes
builtIn Kiel
category Deutschland class
surface form: Deutschland-class cruiser of Germany

Ships built in Kiel
World War II cruisers of Germany
commissionedIn 1933
conflict World War II
country Germany
damagedBy Norwegian coastal artillery
Royal Air Force Bomber Command
surface form: Royal Air Force bombers
damagedIn Battle of Drøbak Sound
displacement approximately 12000 tons standard
over 14000 tons full load
fate sunk
homePort Gotenhafen
Kiel
launchedBy Deutsche Werke Kiel
launchedIn 1931
mainArmament 6 × 28 cm (11 in) guns in two triple turrets
maximumSpeed about 28 knots
namedAfter Johann Adolf von Lützow
surface form: Adolf von Lützow
navalEnsign Flag of Nazi Germany
surface form: Naval ensign of Nazi Germany
operation Operation Weserübung
operator Kriegsmarine
originalName Germany
surface form: Deutschland
participatedIn invasion of Norway
propulsion diesel engines
renamedAs Lützow self-linksurface differs
renamedTo Lützow self-link
role commerce raider
surface raider
scrappedIn post-World War II period
secondaryArmament 8 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns
serviceBranch German Navy
Kriegsmarine
serviceEnd 1945
serviceStart early 1930s
shipClass Deutschland-class cruiser
shipType Panzerschiff
pocket battleship
statusAfterWar wreck used as target by Soviet Navy
sunkAt Swinemünde area
sunkBy Royal Air Force
sunkIn 1945
tookPartIn World War II in the Baltic Sea
surface form: Baltic Sea operations
usedFor shore bombardment on Eastern Front

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kriegsmarine notableShip Lützow
SMS Lützow namedAfter Lützow
Lützow renamedTo Lützow self-link
Lützow renamedAs Lützow self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Deutschland