Description
After World War I, replacement capital ships for the German Navy were limited to 10,000 tons and 280 mm guns. The Admiral Graf Spee cost 82 million Reichsmark to build and much weight was saved by using electric arc welding instead of rivets. The Admiral Graf Spee was launched in 1934 and with her two sisters, Deutschland (later renamed Lützow) and Admiral Scheer, were frequently referred to as pocket battleships by the British. She is considered one of the most famous German warships, following the Battle of the River Plate when she was scuttled, at the perceived presence of a number of Royal Navy capital ship awaiting her at the mouth of the River Plate in December 1939 . A year after her loss, her sisters were reclassified as heavy cruisers.
The kit depicts her during the Spanish Civil War.
