
Line drawing of the class as built |

Visiting la Palma in the Canary Islands |

At Vigo in Northern Spain |

As rebuilt |

circa 1930 |

crew and visitors on deck |

Swabbing the decks |

In drydock |

A zeppelin overhead |

Overhead from the zeppelin |

Laying a smokescreen |

Hitler pays a visit to the ship |

Just prior to WWII |

Firing the first shots of WWII, in 1939 |

Returning from Poland |

During the winter of 40-41 |

Late in the war |

Exchanging fire with Russian shore batteries |

At the end of the war, Oct 13, 1945 |

At Tallin in 1946, after being salvaged by
the Soviets |