The Bismarck's sister-ship, von Tirpitz, listed at 35000, tons. has hitherto not appeared in service. "The 10,000-ton cruiser Prinz Eugen is also at Brest and already has been attacked by the R.A.F.
The belief that the pocket battleship was heading for the Atlantic to attack shipping is supported by the presence of an important escort of destroyers. The Luetzow was the frst of a series of three pocket battle ships, being commenced in 1929 trid completed in 1933, and was the first outstanding example of a welded she was travelling at greatly reduced speed off Mandal, the southern point of Norway.
A. spokesman in London observed last night that the damage inflicted on the pocket-battleship must have been considerable as by 10 am. when she was sighted off Mandal, she had only covered about 50 miles, whereas the normal speed of Germany's two pocket-battleships is about 26 knots.
Germany originally had three pocket-battleships—the Luetzow (Deutschland), the Admiral Scheer and warship.
The second ship was the Admiral tcheer, which was launched in 1931 and completed in 1934. The third ship, the Graf Spee. was destroyed by Souttling outside Montevideo.—Reuter,
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