Anyone knows about Ersatz A(a.k.a. Fürst Bismarck)?

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As well known, Ersatz A was fourth ship of Mackensen-class Battlecruiser, cancelled about 26 months before completion.

I tried to search photos of this ship and Ersatz Yorck-same as cancelled 26 months before completion-for getting status of these ships. But I didn't get any real photos of these ships. Anyone has real photos of these ships?
 
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IKSChungMu said:
As well known, Ersatz A was fourth ship of Mackensen-class Battlecruiser, cancelled about 26 months before completion.

I tried to search photos of this ship and Ersatz Yorck-same as cancelled 26 months before completion-for getting status of these ships. But I didn't get any real photos of these ships. Anyone has real photos of these ships?
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I’ve only ever seen a picture of the Mackensen herself afloat at the end of the War.
These screen grabs are from Siegfried Breyer’s ‘Battleships and Battlecruisers 1905-1970.
As regards the Ersatz Yorcks, looks like very little was actually achieved regarding actual construction.

This website gives a few more images snd says that the 4th Mackensen was never launched, but no pictures so I’m hazarding a guess that she was not very advanced.
 

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There are a couple photos of "Ersatz Blücher" hull aka Graf Spee under construction on Invenio (German Federal Archives).
 

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