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====''Panzerschiffe'' and Heavy cruisers====
The [[Deutschland-class cruiser]]s were the {{lang|de|Deutschland}} (renamed ''Lützow''), {{lang|de|Admiral Scheer}}, and {{lang|de|Admiral Graf Spee}}. Modern commentators favour classifying these as "heavy cruisers" and the ''Kriegsmarine'' itself reclassified these ships as such (''Schwere Kreuzer'') in 1940.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/panzerschiffe/deutschland/history.html|title=Deutschland History|website=german-navy.de}}</ref> In German language usage these three ships were designed and built as "armoured ships" (''Panzerschiffe'') – "pocket battleship" is an English label.

The ''Graf Spee'' was scuttled by her own crew in the Battle of the River Plate, in the [[Río de la Plata|Rio de la Plata]] estuary in December 1939. ''Admiral Scheer'' was bombed on 9 April 1945 in port at Kiel and badly damaged, essentially beyond repair, and rolled over at her moorings. After the war that part of the harbor was filled in with rubble and the hulk buried. ''Lützow'' (ex-''Deutschland'') was bombed 16 April 1945 in the Baltic off Swinemünde just west of Stettin, and settled on the shallow bottom. With the Red Army advancing across the Oder, the ship was destroyed in place to prevent the Soviets capturing anything useful. The wreck was dismantled and scrapped in 1948–1949.<ref>E. Gröner, Die Schiffe der deutschen Kriegsmarine. 2nd Edition, Lehmanns, München, 1976. C. Bekker, Verdammte See, Ein Kriegstagebuch der deutschen Marine. Köln, Neumann / Göbel, no date.1976,</ref>

The [[Admiral Hipper-class cruiser]]s in active service were {{lang|de|Admiral Hipper}}, {{lang|de|Blücher}}, and {{lang|de|Prinz Eugen}}. Cruisers {{lang|de|Seydlitz}}, and {{ship|German cruiser|Lützow|1939|2}} were never completed.