German cruiser Lützow
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Several ships can be described as the German cruiser Lützow:
, battlecruiser which was scuttled after the battle of Jutland
, battlecruiser which was scuttled after the battle of Jutland
Battle of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle between the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet during the First World War. The battle was fought on 31 May and 1 June 1916 in the North Sea near Jutland, Denmark. It was the largest naval battle and the only...
- German cruiser Lützow (Hipper class) launched in 1939 as Lützow but sold to the Soviet Union and renamed in that year.
- German cruiser Deutschland initially commissioned as Deutschland but renamed Lützow in 1939.