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Seydlitz-Class

GER Battleship Dreadnought Tier 3 Power 38.67

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

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