Ersatz Yorck-Class
Germany's Most Advanced WWI Battlecruiser Design (Never Completed) - 4 ships laid down (1915-1917), 3 launched, NONE COMPLETED. 38cm guns (same as Bayern-class battleships), 300mm armor, 92% double bottom, bulbous bow. Ordered 1916 as response to British Renown-class and Jutland lessons. Construction halted 1917-1918 for U-boat priority. SMS Graf Spee 90% complete when scrapped. Strategic waste: 150-200 million Marks spent, zero operational value. Scrapped under Versailles Treaty 1920-1922.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 33500 t
- Displacement (full)
- 38000 t
- Length
- 747.4 ft
- Beam
- 99.7 ft
- Crew
- 1200 (designed)
- Ships built
- 4 laid down, 3 launched, 0 completed
- Commissioned
- None (never completed)
- Decommissioned
- 1919-1920 (scrapped under Versailles Treaty)
Performance
- Top speed
- 27.3 kn
- Range
- 5500 nm at 14 knots (estimated)
Armament
- Main guns
- 8× 38cm (15-inch) SK L/45
- Secondary guns
- 12× 15cm (5.9-inch) SK L/45
- Torpedoes
- 5× 60cm submerged
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 300mm Krupp cemented
- Deck
- 60-80mm
- Fire control
- Manual optical rangefinders (designed)
In-Game
- Tier
- T5
- Game power
- 142.55
- Research cost
- 78,403
- Credit cost
- 99,785
Notable
- First German capital ships with bulbous bow
- 92% double bottom coverage (best underwater protection)
- 38cm guns (same caliber as Bayern-class battleships)
- Most powerful WWI German battlecruiser design
- Ersatz Yorck ~2-3% complete, Graf Spee 90% complete when scrapped
- Strategic waste—150-200 million Marks spent, zero operational value