Derfflinger-Class
Germany's Best WWI Battlecruisers - First German 12-inch gun battlecruisers. 300mm armor (+31% thicker than British). SMS Derfflinger "Iron Dog" survived 31 hits at Jutland (3,300 tons flooding). SMS Lützow only German battlecruiser sunk at Jutland (24+ hits before scuttling). Vindicated German philosophy: balanced armor + speed vs British speed-first. All post-Jutland navies adopted German approach.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 26600 t
- Displacement (full)
- 31200 t
- Length
- 690.3 ft
- Beam
- 95.1 ft
- Crew
- 1068-1391
- Ships built
- 3 (1 cancelled)
- Commissioned
- 1914-1917
- Decommissioned
- 1919 (scuttled Scapa Flow)
Performance
- Top speed
- 26.5 kn
- Range
- 5600 nm at 14 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 8× 30.5cm (12-inch) SK L/50
- Secondary guns
- 12× 15cm (5.9-inch) SK L/45
- Torpedoes
- 4× 50cm submerged
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 300mm Krupp cemented
- Deck
- 30-80mm
- Fire control
- Manual optical rangefinders
In-Game
- Tier
- T3
- Game power
- 38.91
- Research cost
- 7,704
- Credit cost
- 27,237
Notable
- First German 12-inch (30.5cm) battlecruisers
- SMS Derfflinger "Iron Dog" survived 31 hits at Jutland
- SMS Lützow only German battlecruiser sunk at Jutland (24+ hits)
- Vindicated German balanced design over British speed-first approach