Germany's Second "Pocket" Battleship (1933)

Full title reads: "Wilhelmshaven. Germany's second 'Pocket' Battleship - named 'Admiral Scheer' after 'The Victor of Jutland!!' - launched ... and"
Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
Top shot of German naval officers arriving in the shipyard for the launching.
The name 'Admiral Scheer' is unrolled on the side of the ship. A woman smashes a bottle of wine against the ship to name it and bless it. The warship moves off down the slipway into the water.
Intertitle reads: "... on the same day - Bismark's birthday - the sister ship 'The Deutshland' was commissioned."
Pan along the foredeck of the battleship 'Deutshland'. Sailors are formed into ranks on the deck for the ceremony of commissioning. The German flag is raised up the flag pole. The German national anthem is played.
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[@nunodossantos2815]

The woman christening the ship was actually Admiral Reinhard Scheer's daughter.

[@Kalle7075]

Wow cool

[@Kalle7075]

Can yo do Admiral Graf Spee Launch next?

[@thehunter2575]

What is the tune at 0:53

[@kkhagerty6315]

You can find it by searching holländischer ehrenmarsch

[@_wilhelm8973]

also called „Präſentiermarſch der Marine“, Presentation march of the navy.

[@peterasp1968]

Victor of Jutland ??

[@drewjohnson-85]

The Germans believed they won that battle, I’m still trying to figure out why, but that’s actually how the British News of the day found out, the German High Seas Fleet sent a message in the clear saying that they won and both the British Government and Civilians picked it up, though due to the nature of Radio communications the Grand Fleet did not.

[@benadam7753]

No such term as "Pocket" Battleship! It was a bogus term coined by the British press that unfournately is still used by uninformed amateur naval historians to this day! The correct designation is Panzerschiffe (Armoured Cruiser)

[@Ah01]

In straightforward translation it would be an armoured ship. No word kreuzer was included, until the kriegsmarine re-classified Scheer and Lűtzow as heavy cruisers during the war

[@benadam7753]

@@Ah01 Panzerschiffe in German is literally Tank Ship. Who knows? In the English language a single word can have several meanings!

[@Ah01]

@@benadam7753 panzer means armour, and that's it. In english there is a word "tank" because the first such vehicles reminded of a water tank. (If you have a panzer in german, it can of course be translated as tank, but not when a ship is regarded.

[@benadam7753]

@@Ah01 Thanks for the clarification! However the Deustschland Class are still not classified as Pocket Battleships!

[@Ah01]

@@benadam7753 That's true. For germans the classification was initially Panzerschiff and later on schwerer kreuzer. (The brits came up with that pocket battleship - naming, and they were way too hysterical with the expected commerce raid capabilities. River plate proved that the threat was never that colossal. )

[@hellhound47bravo3]

I wonder if this was before or after Hitler became chancellor?

[@Imperialloyalist510]

After. Hitler became Chancellor January 30th, 1933. KMS Deutschland was commissioned April 1st, 1933. KMS Admiral Scheer was also launched on April 1st, 1933. Finally. KMS Admiral Scheer was commissioned on November 12th, 1934.

[@Ah01]

The victor of Jutland? Perhaps a thin tactical victory in tonnage, but Hochseeflotte fled the battlearea to avoid total distruction. Germans knew well enough that they escaped narrowly a crushing defeat and did not try similarly scaled manouvers again. And strategically brits won, they still ruled the sea and the blockage kept strangling germans.

[@Rieee140]

Propaganda

[@benadam7753]

British propaganda!

[@taurus2016]

Strategically, the battle was a draw. The situation did not change for either the “Grand Fleet” or the “Hochseeflotte”. Both fleets continued to blockade each other in ports. While the soldiers were dying on the battlefields, the sailors of both fleets were "dying" of boredom. Historically, this naval battle already indicated the end of the battleship era. But by the way. Since even the British newsreel describes Admiral Scheer as the winner of the naval battle, then that must be correct.😉

[@Ah01]

@@taurus2016 More like a tactical draw. Strategically the germans would have needed to isolate and destroy a good portion of the grand fleet, to even the odds. Failed in that, on many occasion. Yeah, funny thing that the brits suggested that. Perhaos a traumatic experience of "something being wrong with their bloody ships" that day. 😀 And, britain was not under blockade. Commerce went on, albeit with some tight spots with the casualties from the subs..

[@jackaubrey8614]

OK, re most of the comments below, I believe you'll find that the double exclamation in the intro was a tongue in cheek British response to German claims? Also, anyone claiming that Jutland was a strategic draw is sadly missinformed - "Both fleets continued to blockade each other in ports" is wholly inaccurate. While it's true that certain sections of the High Seas Fleet (mainly cruiser squadrons) did on accasion make forays into the North Sea the main body never again tried to attempt a decisive fleet action. Similarly, to suggest the Royal Navy was "blockaded in its ports" is simply untrue.