Manager Lee Clark described him as a "pocket battleship", who plays at a high tempo with "so much energy and enthusiasm".

These were called "pocket battleships" in the outside world.

Harwood's combat policy of three cruisers versus one pocket battleship was to attack at once, day or night.

"We were described recently as a pocket battleship," says Huw approvingly.

"You fixed the engines on a pocket battleship?"

In spite of its name, this type of vessel is completely unrelated to the pocket battleship.

There could be no escape now and the two pocket battleships, Kennedy knew, could pound his fragile vessel to death in a matter of minutes.

Britain had only three battlecruisers to match the three German pocket battleships.

Deutschland-class ships continue to be called pocket battleships in some circles.

Sadler was a small player known by the British press as "the pocket battleship" for his strength.