The Admiral Scheer, a formidable German pocket battleship predating Hitler’s regime, unleashed its full might against an ...

"Pocket battleship" was the nickname given by the ... Three of them were built: The Deutschland itself in 1931, the Admiral Scheer two years later, and the Admiral Graf Spee in June 1934.

That meant that the German commander, Admiral Scheer, had to avoid facing the ... and in fact no one ever did. The big battleship fleets never met again before the armistice in 1918.

That meant that the German commander, Admiral Scheer, had to avoid facing the ... and in fact no one ever did. The big battleship fleets never met again before the armistice in 1918.

When Admiral Jellicoe got there with the Grand Fleet, Scheer turned directly about and ... got through the British destroyers with loss of only one battleship. Each side claimed victory.

The convoy comprised 37 merchant freighters bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Britain. Late that afternoon, the 15,000-ton German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer located the convoy, and attacked.