Seydlitz-Class
Damage Control Masterpiece - Single-ship class bridging Moltke and Derfflinger. 300mm belt armor, all turrets centerline. Dogger Bank magazine fires (1915) led to fleet-wide anti-flash reforms that saved German battlecruisers at Jutland. Greatest WWI survival feat: 22 heavy hits + 1 torpedo + 5,300 tons flooding (21% of displacement), bow underwater, navigated 320 nm to base.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 24988 t
- Displacement (full)
- 28550 t
- Length
- 658.1 ft
- Beam
- 93.5 ft
- Crew
- 1068
- Ships built
- 1
- Commissioned
- 1913
- Decommissioned
- 1919 (scuttled Scapa Flow)
Performance
- Top speed
- 26.5 kn
- Range
- 4200 nm at 14 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 10× 28cm (11-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
- 50mm
- Fire control
- Manual optical rangefinders
In-Game
- Tier
- T3
- Game power
- 38.67
- Research cost
- 7,657
- Credit cost
- 27,069
Notable
- All turrets on centerline (eliminated wing turrets)
- 300mm belt armor (Derfflinger standard)
- Dogger Bank magazine fires led to fleet-wide anti-flash reforms
- Greatest WWI damage control feat (22 hits + torpedo + 5,300 tons flooding, survived!)