


Lützow
Country | Germany |
Ship Class | Admiral Hipper-class Heavy Cruiser |
Builder | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG |
Yard Number | 941 |
Slip/Drydock Number | IV |
Ordered | 18 Jul 1936 |
Laid Down | 2 Aug 1937 |
Launched | 1 Jul 1939 |
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Lützow Operational Timeline
2 Aug 1937 | The keel of Lützow was laid down at the Deschimag shipyard in Bremen, Germany. |
1 Jul 1939 | Lützow was launched at the Deschimag shipyard in Bremen, Germany. |
22 Mar 1943 | Jaguar and Greif escorted heavy cruiser Lützow and light cruiser Nürnberg out of Bogen Bay, Norway. |
24 Mar 1943 | Jaguar and Greif, escorting heavy cruiser Lützow and light cruiser Nürnberg, arrived at Altafjord, Norway. |
28 Jun 1944 | Z35 and Z36 escorted heavy cruiser Lützow for the island of Utö, Finland, but the sortie would be canceled after her departure. |
10 Oct 1944 | Z35 and Z36 began escorting heavy cruisers Lützow and Prinz Eugen as the cruiser shelled Soviet targets in the areas of Klaipėda (German: Memel) and Liepāja (German: Libau), Latvia. |
15 Oct 1944 | Z35 and Z36 completed the escorting of heavy cruisers Lützow and Prinz Eugen as the cruiser shelled Soviet targets in the areas of Klaipėda (German: Memel) and Liepāja (German: Libau), Latvia. |
7 Mar 1945 | Z43 escorted heavy cruisers Admiral Scheer and Lützow from Danzig Bay to Swinemünde, Germany (now Świnoujście, Poland). |
27 Mar 1945 | Heavy cruiser Lützow, destroyer Z43, and other German ships began shelling Soviet positions on the coast of the Danzig Bay. |
7 Apr 1945 | Heavy cruiser Lützow, destroyer Z43, and other German ships completed the shelling Soviet positions on the coast of the Danzig Bay. |
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