"Keith Willshaw" wrote in
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"Bjørnar Bolsøy" wrote in message
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Alan Minyard wrote in
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Not only was the Blucher the flagship of the operation,
it was the German navy's newest and most modern battle ship,
thus the navy's pride.


Erm no

The Blucher was a heavy cruiser (Schwere Kreuzer) and while
its loss was serious it had 4 sister ships, one of which was sold
to the USSR in 1940 (and sunk by the Luftwaffe in 1941).

And later resurfaced I believe. Admiral Hipper, the first
cruiser, was comissioned in april 1939 with Blucher in sep
1939. However she was delayed because of a series of
modernifications she underwent in the 1939/40 winter.

Neither the Prinz Eugen, Lutzow or Seydlitz had been built
or comissioned at the time.


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