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Some views of Admiral Scheer.















From a number of postcards collected over the past few months.
Today the remains of the ship lie buried under a car park which was reclaimed from the basin in which she sank.

Few more.

Two postcard views of Scheer, the first is frank marked 12th June 1940, the reciepiant has added a foot note on it dated 26/8/40.
The second one is an interesting bow on shot , the two youngsters seem to be giving the bow their full attention, I have the feeling that the swastika flag may have been superimposed on the photograph as it lacks the details and clarity.

A few more views of Scheer, the governments message on postcards was effectively the hi jacking of a popular means of communication today it has pretty much given way to the email and the jpeg attachment via the lap top or the "i-phone".

The flight of seaplanes is another add on.

I like these ships,when I was young my grandad used to bring me home the small scale 'Eagle wall' modells and the Admiral Scheer was the first one.

These three are from a photo album I bought a few months ago,the last two taken off the Spanish Coast in the Civil War, her tower was completely rebuilt in the mid war years to resemble "Lutzow"..... I prefer the old "square/ block of flats " look.

maybee you should put a copyright on your pictures there are thiefs active everywhere who steal someones pictures and put them on evilbay to earn a euro...

Seen it happen with Flemisch collaboration portraits before on the WAF...

You are correct really should do this, can anyone suggest an easy to use method ?

The postcard images can easily be found on the net , the photos - I bought the album from a dealer who sells photos on ebay - photos he owns and some of these he sold on discs when he owned this album , unfortunately he has told me that some "gentlemen in Russia" have copied his photos and are selling them - I am almost sure these few have been "done".

I have found one "gent" selling photos I researched and after some dogs abuse from him he removed them, same gent was also selling photos which the IMW and RAF Museum Hendon hold copyright on - he has also since withdrawn these.

I totally agree one of the down sides of eBay and similar sites.

A few more postcard views of "Admiral Scheer".

Absolutely beautiful pictures! Thanks for posting them Tychsen!

Regards,

Gary.

Thank you Gary .

This one is from another capital ship but just not sure which type, both sets of guns in the photo are 105mm twin mounted flak .
It is not Scheer or a ship of her class.
( (? Light or heavy cruiser ?)

Graf Spee sister ship of Admiral Scheer scuttled at the River Plate in December 1939.

Some more of Admiral Scheer.

Admiral Scheer , The tower is that of Graf Spee the "Coronel" being the distinctive id factor between them before Scheer's tower was re placed.
( see. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Coronel ) .