pocket battleship in English
noun
1
any of a class of cruisers with large-caliber guns, operated by the German navy in World War II.
The real Jervis Bay was sunk while defending a convoy against a pocket battleship .
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1. They target the German pocket-battleship Admiral Scheer anchored off Wilhelmshaven at the western end of the Kiel Canal.
2. The French Admiralty's reaction was to draft a design for a ship that would outclass the German "pocket battleship" in armament, armor and speed.