unfinished vessel was then transferred to Königsberg, where she remained for the rest of the war. On 29 January 1945, the ship was scuttled before the advancing Soviet Red Army could seize her. The Soviet Navy nevertheless considered using the wreck for parts to complete the cruiser , a sister-ship of Seydlitz the Soviets had purchased unfinished before the outbreak of war. This was not carried out, however, and the ship was broken up for scrap. Footnotes Notes Citations References Further reading External links Illustrations of Seydlitz as a cruiser and the proposed carrier conversion Admiral Hipper-class cruisers Ships built in Bremen (state) 1939 ships World War II cruisers of Germany World War II aircraft carriers of Germany World War II shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea Germany–Soviet Union relations Maritime incidents in April 1945 Proposed ships of Germany