View a machine-translated version of the German article.Raised by the Soviet Navy in 1947, she was subsequently sunk as a target in the Baltic. Sunk in shallow waters in the Kaiserfahrt in April 1945 by Royal Air Force (RAF) bombers, Lützow was used as a gun battery to support German troops fighting the Soviet Army until, when she was disabled by her crew. Engine problems forced a series of repairs culminating in a complete overhaul at the end of 1943, after which the ship remained in the Baltic. She next saw action at the Battle of the Barents Sea with the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, which ended with a failure to destroy the convoy JW 51B. She ran aground during a planned attack on convoy PQ 17, which necessitated another return to Germany for repairs. Repairs were completed by March 1941, and Lützow returned to Norway to join the forces arrayed against Allied shipping to the Soviet Union.

While en route, she was torpedoed and seriously damaged by a British submarine. Damaged at the Battle of Drøbak Sound, she was recalled to Germany for repairs. She then participated in Operation Weserübung, the invasion of Norway. Bad weather hampered her efforts, and she sank or captured only a handful of vessels before returning to Germany. At the outbreak of World War II, she was cruising the North Atlantic, prepared to attack Allied merchant traffic. The ship saw significant action with the Kriegsmarine, including several non-intervention patrols in the Spanish Civil War, during which she was attacked by Republican bombers.

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