![]() ![]() During the war, they were reclassified as heavy cruisers. All three ships were launched between 19, and served with Germany's The class is named after the first ship of this class to be completed (ĭeutschland). German Reichsmarine in nominal accordance with restrictions imposed by the ![]() Heavy cruisers continued in use until after World War II.ĭeutschland class was a series of three Panzerschiffe ("armored ships"), a form of heavily armed cruiser, built by the Light cruiser designs of the 1910s and 1920s the US 8-inch 'treaty cruisers' of the 1920s were originally classed as light cruisers until the London Treaty forced their redesignation. The heavy cruiser's immediate precursors were the The first heavy cruisers were built in 1915, although it only became a widespread classification following the London Naval Treaty in 1930. The heavy cruiser was designed for long range, high speed, and heavy calibre naval guns. ![]()
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