Re: Pocket Battleships

The pocket battleships actually more resembled WW1 armored cruisers than
anything else.	An "AC" designation might be appropriate.

Tim

KueckH@aol.com wrote:

> Hi everyone !!!
>
> John wrote:
> >Does anyone know a more historically-based term I could use
> >and an abbreviation thereof?  I recall that the Germans built
> >small battleships which were dubbed "Pocket Battleships" but
> >I don't recall if that's an official designation.
>
> They're called "Panzerschiffe" (Armoured Ships) in german and were
> classed as Heavy Cruisers towards the end of WW2.
> Panzerschiffe were no battleships, but a new class of ships between
> Heavy Cruisers and Battlecruisers. They were optimized for commerce
> raiding and not to fight other warships above cruiser size. I don't
know
> of any official (english) designation for them.
>
> Tschüß !!!
> Hauke