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| Launching ceremony of Admiral Hipper, Blohm und Voss shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, 6 Feb 1937; note Wilhelm Gustloff in background | German hulk Amazone (left) and German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper (right) at Blohm und Voss shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, 1939 |
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| Heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper embarking German troops for the invasion of Norway, 6 Apr 1940 | German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper or Blücher in the North Sea en route to Oslo, Norway, 8 Apr 1940; photo taken from light cruiser Emden seen in the foreground |
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| Heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper and destroyers in a Norwegian fjord, photographed from Tirpitz, circa 1942 | Heavy cruisers Admiral Hipper and Admiral Scheer leaving a Norwegian fjord, photographed from Tirpitz, circa 1942 |
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| German cruiser Admiral Hipper in dry dock at Kiel, Germany after being captured by the Allies, 19 May 1945. Note German attempts at camouflage and damage from Allied bombing. |
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