Talk:Pocket battleship

Versailles of Washington?

Article reads: ...in accordance with restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles.... Shouldn't it be Washington Naval Treaty? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 18:13, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

No, the Washington Naval Treaty only applied to its signatories, the USA, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy. Articles 181 and 190 of the Treaty of Versailles restricted Germany to 6 battleships no larger than 10,000 tons, 6 light cruisers (up to 6,000 tons), 12 destroyers (800 tons) and 12 torpedo boats (200 tons). -- Arwel 21:03, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Diesel ?

The Deutchland class ships were Diesel powered, weren't they? -- Geo Swan 04:43, 2005 Mar 8 (UTC)

Yes, they were.Cosal 07:03, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Merging this article with "Deutschland class cruiser"

Both articles describe the same class of german warship, one ("Pocket battleship") has a more elaborate text and the other ("Deutschland class cruiser") a more elaborate layout. Is there any reason not to merge these two? Combined title should be Deutschland class cruiser, being the official name.

-- MiG 23:07, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Sounds plausible. Although one could say "pocket battleship" is a more general concept and thus different, but there aren't any examples outside the one class, so not much point. Stan 04:12, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Both articles might benefit from some editing, but I would not favor merging them. Some people will probably look for "pocket battleship", while others are more interested in finding out something about the specific ship "Deutschland". Cosal 07:01, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

There is an article about the individual ship Deutschland, MiG proposed to merge the article about the class. --Yooden

Absolutely. I tried to do the same thing a few weeks ago but choose the wrong way to do it. --Yooden