LC control no. | sh2010008418 |
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Topical heading | Deutschland Class (Cruisers) |
See also | Cruisers (Warships) |
Found in | Work cat.: Chesneau, R. German pocket battleships, 2004: p. 5 (Deutschland Class) Wikipedia, May 6, 2010: under Deutschland class cruiser (Deutschland class; was a series of three Panzerschiffe, a form of heavily armed cruiser, built by the German Reichsmarine; the class is named after the first ship of this class to be completed, the Deutschland; Deutschland class ships were initially classified as Panzerschiffe or 'armoured ships', but the Kriegsmarine reclassified them as heavy cruisers in February 1940; the British began referring to the vessels as pocket battleships (a battleship that fits into a pocket)) |