What type of ship was the panzerschiff"Admiral Graf Spee"?
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Battle of the River Plate The Battle of the River Plate was the first naval battle in the Second World War and the first one of the Battle of the Atlantic in South American waters. The German panzerschiff "Admiral Graf Spee" had cruised into the South Atlantic a fortnight before the war began, and had been commerce raiding after receiving appropriate authorisation on 26 September 1939. One of the hunting groups sent by the British Admiralty to search for "Graf Spee", comprising three Royal Navy cruisers, HMS "Exeter" , "Ajax" and "Achilles" (the last from the New Zealand Division), found and engaged their quarry off the estuary of the River Plate close to the coast of Uruguay in South America.
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German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee Admiral Graf Spee was a "Deutschland"-class ""Panzerschiff"" (armored ship), nicknamed a "pocket battleship" by the British, which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. The two sister-ships of her class, "Deutschland" and "Admiral Scheer" , were reclassified as heavy cruisers in 1940. The vessel was named after Admiral Maximilian von Spee, commander of the East Asia Squadron that fought the battles of Coronel and the Falkland Islands, where he was killed in action, in World War I. She was laid down at the "Reichsmarinewerft" shipyard in Wilhelmshaven in October 1932 and completed by January 1936. The ship was nominally under the 10000 LT limitation on warship size imposed by the Treaty of Versailles, though with a full load displacement of 16020 LT , she significantly exceeded it. Armed with six 28 cm guns in two triple gun turrets, "Admiral Graf Spee" and her sisters were designed to outgun any cruiser fast enough to catch them. Their top speed of 28 kn left only the few battlecruisers in the Anglo-French navies fast enough and powerful enough to sink them.
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German Navy The German Navy (German: Deutsche Marine or simply German: Marine —   ) is the navy of Germany and part of the unified "Bundeswehr" ("Federal Defense"), the German Armed Forces. The German Navy was originally known as the "Bundesmarine" ("Federal Navy") from 1956 until 1995 when "Deutsche Marine" ("German Navy") became the official name with respect to the 1990 incorporation of the East German "Volksmarine" ("People's Navy"). It is deeply integrated into the NATO alliance. Its primary mission is protection of Germany's territorial waters and maritime infrastructure as well as sea lines of communication. Apart from this, the German Navy participates in peacekeeping operations, and renders humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. They also participate in Anti-Piracy operations.
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SMS Württemberg (1878) SMS "Württemberg"  was one of four "Sachsen"-class armored frigates of the German Imperial Navy. Her sister ships were "Sachsen" , "Bayern" , and "Baden" . "Württemberg" was built in the AG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin from 1876 to 1881. The ship was commissioned into the Imperial Navy in August 1881. She was armed with a main battery of six 26 cm guns in two open barbettes.
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Graf Spee or to several German ships that were named after the admiral:
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Kaiser-class ironclad The "Kaiser" class of ironclad warships was a pair of vessels built for the German Imperial Navy in the early 1870s. The lead ship, "Kaiser" , was laid down in 1871 and launched in 1874. "Deutschland" was laid down in 1872 and launched in 1874; both ships were built by the Samuda Brothers shipyard in London. They were the last German capital ships built by a foreign shipyard. Built as armored frigates, the ships were armed with a main battery of eight 26 cm guns in a central armored battery and were capable of a top speed of 14 kn .
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USS Zeppelin (1914) USS "Zeppelin was a passenger liner launched in 1914 as SS "Zeppelin by Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack, Germany, for Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL). Due to the First World War she never entered NDL service. She had a career after the war first under White Star Line control, then briefly as the troop ship USS "Zeppelin, next as the Orient SN Co liner SS "Ormuz and finally back with NDL as SS "Dresden".
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Sachsen-class frigate The F124 "Sachsen" class is Germany's latest class of highly advanced air-defense frigates. The design of the "Sachsen"-class frigate is based on that of the F123 "Brandenburg" class but with enhanced stealth features designed to deceive an opponent's radar and acoustic sensors. The class incorporates an advanced multifunction radar APAR and a SMART-L long-range radar which is purported to be capable of detecting stealth aircraft and stealth missiles.
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Odin-class coastal defense ship The "Odin" class was a pair of coastal defense ships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine in the late 19th century. The class comprised two ships: "Odin" , named after the Norse god Odin, and "Ägir" , named after the Norse god of the same name. The ships were very similar to the preceding "Siegfried"-class coastal defense ship s, and are sometimes considered to be one class of ships.
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SS Admiral Nakhimov SS "Admiral Nakhimov (Russian: Адмирал Нахимов ), launched in March 1925 and originally named SS "Berlin, was a passenger liner of the German Weimar Republic later converted to a hospital ship, then a Soviet passenger ship. On 31 August 1986, "Admiral Nakhimov" collided with the large bulk carrier "Pyotr Vasev" in the Tsemes Bay, near the port of Novorossiysk, Russian SFSR, and quickly sank. In total, 423 of the 1,234 people on board died.
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SMS Irene SMS "Irene" was a protected cruiser or "Kreuzerkorvette" of the German Imperial Navy ("Kaiserliche Marine") and the lead ship of the "Irene" class . She had one sister, "Prinzess Wilhelm" ; the two ships were the first protected cruisers built by the German Navy. "Irene" was laid down in 1886 at the AG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin, launched in July 1887, and commissioned into the fleet in May 1888. The cruiser was named after Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, sister-in-law of Kaiser Wilhem II. As built, the ship was armed with a main battery of fourteen 15 cm guns and had a top speed of 18 kn .
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SMS Zähringen SMS "Zähringen" ("His Majesty's Ship "Zähringen"") was third ship of the "Wittelsbach" class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Laid down in 1899 at the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel, she was launched on 12 June 1901 and commissioned on 25 October 1902. Her sisters were "Wittelsbach" , "Wettin" , "Schwaben" and "Mecklenburg" ; they were the first capital ships built under the Navy Law of 1898, brought about by Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz. The ship was armed with a main battery of four 24 cm guns and had a top speed of 18 kn .
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SMS Victoria Louise SMS "Victoria Louise" was the lead ship of her class of protected cruisers, built for the German Imperial Navy ("Kaiserliche Marine") in the late 1890s. She was laid down at the AG Weser shipyard in 1895, launched in March 1897, and commissioned into the German fleet in February 1899. She was named after Princess Victoria Louise, the daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II. The ship was armed with a battery of two 21 cm guns and eight 15 cm guns and had a top speed of 19.2 kn .
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15 cm SK C/28 The 15 cm SK C/28 was a German, medium-caliber, naval gun used during the Second World War. It served as the secondary armament for the "Bismarck" class and "Scharnhorst"-class battleship s, "Deutschland"-class cruiser s and the "Graf Zeppelin"-class aircraft carrier s. A number of surplus weapons were used as coast-defense guns and eight were adapted to use Army carriages and used as heavy field guns as the 15 cm Schiffskanone C/28 in Mörserlafette
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General-Admiral-class cruiser The "General-Admiral"-class ships were a pair of armored cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the early 1870s. They are generally considered as the first true armored cruisers.
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Soviet submarine S-13 S-13 was a "Stalinets"-class submarine of the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid down by Krasnoye Sormovo in Gorky on 19 October 1938. She was launched on 25 April 1939 and commissioned on 31 July 1941 in the Baltic Fleet, under the command of Captain Pavel Malantyenko. The submarine is best known for the 1945 sinking of "Wilhelm Gustloff", a German military transport ship.
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SMS Berlin SMS "Berlin" ("His Majesty's Ship "Berlin"") was the third member of the seven-vessel "Bremen" class , built by the Imperial German Navy. Throughout her over 40-year-long career, she served with the Imperial Navy, the "Reichsmarine", and the "Kriegsmarine". She was built by the Imperial Dockyard in Danzig, laid down in 1902, launched in September 1903, and commissioned into the High Seas Fleet in April 1905. Armed with a main battery of ten 10.5 cm guns and two 45 cm torpedo tubes, "Berlin" was capable of a top speed of 22 kn .
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SMS Prinzess Wilhelm SMS "Prinzess Wilhelm" ("His Majesty's Ship "Princess Wilhelm"") was a protected cruiser of the German Imperial Navy ("Kaiserliche Marine"). She was the second "Irene"-class cruiser ; her only sister ship was  . "Prinzess Wilhelm" was laid down in 1886 at the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel, launched in September 1887, and commissioned into the fleet in November 1889. As built, the ship was armed with a main battery of fourteen 15 cm guns and had a top speed of 18 kn .
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SMS Deutschland (1874) SMS "Deutschland"  was the second and final ship of the "Kaiser"-class ironclad s; SMS "Kaiser" was her sister ship. Named for Germany ("Deutschland" in German), the ship was laid down in the Samuda Brothers shipyard in London in 1872. The ship was launched in September 1874 and commissioned into the German fleet in July 1875. "Deutschland" mounted a main battery of eight 26 cm guns in a central battery amidships. She was the last capital ship built for the German Navy by a foreign ship-builder; all subsequent ships were built in Germany.
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SMS Kaiser Friedrich III SMS "Kaiser Friedrich III" ("His Majesty's Ship "Emperor Frederick III"") was the lead ship of the "Kaiser Friedrich III" class of pre-dreadnought battleships. She was laid down at the "Kaiserliche Werft" in Wilhelmshaven in March 1895, launched in July 1896, and finished in October 1898. The ship was armed with a main battery of four 24 cm guns in two twin gun turrets supported by a secondary battery of eighteen 15 cm guns.
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SMS Grosser Kurfürst (1875) SMS "Grosser Kurfürst"  (or "Großer"  ) was an ironclad turret ship of the German Kaiserliche Marine. She was laid down at the Imperial Dockyard in Wilhelmshaven in 1870 and completed in 1878; her long construction time was in part due to a redesign that was completed after work on the ship had begun. Her main battery of four 26 cm guns was initially to be placed in a central armored battery, but during the redesign this was altered to a pair of twin gun turrets amidships.
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Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship "Kaiser Friedrich III"-class battleships were a class of pre–World War I, pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Kaiserliche Marine. The class was made up of five ships, all of which were named for German emperors. The "Kaiser Friedrich III" class saw the introduction of the traditional armament layout for German battleships—four large-caliber guns, but of comparatively smaller caliber compared to contemporary battleships, in two gun turrets—prior to the advent of the dreadnought type of battleship in the early 1900s. They also standardized the use of three screws for battleships.