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Originally Posted by Danelov
If my memory is OK:
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Bismarck by Rodney-King George V, Scharnhorst by Duke of York and several cruisers , Tirpitz by Lancasters of the RAF 617 Sqd with Tallboy bombs.Graf Spee scuttled by his crew at Montevideo after the Battle of River Plate.
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Very interesting thread. In the spirit of the Indianapolis correction above and in the interest of strict accuracy, the Graf Spee was not really a battleship. Although it was popularly referred to by the Allies as a "pocket battleship", it would actually be more correctly characterized as an armored cruiser/battle cruiser than a true battleship, which is in keeping with its German designation of "Panzerschiff" (essentially, "armored ship").