Admiral Scheer was a Deutschland-class heavy cruiser (often termed a pocket battleship) which served with (Navy) of Nazi Germany during World War II. The vessel was named after Admiral Reinhard Scheer, German commander in the Battle of Jutland.
On the night of 9 April 1945, a general RAF bombing raid by over 300 aircraft struck the harbor in Kiel.
Admiral Scheer was hit by bombs and capsized. She was partially broken up for scrap after the end of the war, though part of the hull was left in place and buried with rubble from the attack when the inner harbors were filled in post-war.
The number of casualties from her loss is unknown.
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