SMS Hindenburg (Derfflinger-class - Last WWI German BC!)
LAST WWI BATTLECRUISER - 1917 Tragic Timing! - Derfflinger-class (commissioned May 10, 1917 - TOO LATE FOR JUTLAND!). 31,000 tons, 27.3 KNOTS (fastest of class!), 8× 30.5cm (12") guns. Most refined Derfflinger design, improved armor (300mm belt!). ONLY 18 MONTHS WWI SERVICE (May 1917 - Nov 1918!). MISSED JUTLAND (11 months late - tragedy!). NO MAJOR BATTLES! Minimal action (fuel shortages, post-Jutland caution). Wilhelmshaven mutinies. SCAPA FLOW INTERNMENT (Nov 21, 1918). OPERATION RAINBOW (June 21, 1919) - Admiral von Reuter's mass scuttling! HINDENBURG SANK 12:16 PM! Part of LARGEST MASS SCUTTLING (74 ships!). British fury, German honor! SALVAGED 1930-1932 (raised, scrapped Rosyth). TRAGIC TIMING - excellent design never battle-tested! WASTED POTENTIAL! ULTIMATE WWI GERMAN BATTLECRUISER!
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 26947 t
- Displacement (full)
- 31000 t
- Length
- 698.2 ft
- Beam
- 95.1 ft
- Crew
- 1068 (officers + men)
- Ships built
- 1 (third and FINAL Derfflinger-class)
- Commissioned
- 1917 (May 10, 1917 - TOO LATE FOR JUTLAND!)
- Decommissioned
- 1919 (scuttled June 21, 1919 - Scapa Flow)
Performance
- Top speed
- 27 kn
- Range
- 5600 nm at 14 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- "8× 30.5cm SK L/50 guns" (4× twin turrets - 12-INCH!)
- Secondary guns
- "12× 15cm SK L/45 guns" (casemate mounts)
- Torpedoes
- "4× 60cm torpedo tubes" (submerged)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 300mm (11.8 inches - THICK for BC!)
- Deck
- 30-80mm (deck armor)
In-Game
- Tier
- T1
- Game power
- 13.29
- Research cost
- 292
- Credit cost
- 9,303
Notable
- **LAST WWI GERMAN BATTLECRUISER!** (Final Derfflinger-class!)
- Third Derfflinger-class (commissioned May 10, 1917)
- **TOO LATE FOR JUTLAND!** (Missed by 11 months - tragedy!)
- **31,000 tons full load**, **27.3 KNOTS** (fastest of class!)
- **8× 30.5cm (12") guns** in 4× twin superfiring turrets
- Parsons steam turbines (72,000 shp)
- Krupp cemented armor (300mm belt - 11.8 inches!)
- Improved armor scheme over earlier sisters
- **ONLY 18 MONTHS WWI SERVICE** (May 1917 - November 1918!)
- I Scouting Group (battlecruiser squadron)
- **NO MAJOR BATTLES!** (All major engagements already fought!)
- Wilhelmshaven mutinies (October-November 1918)
- **SCAPA FLOW INTERNMENT** (November 21, 1918)
- **OPERATION RAINBOW** (June 21, 1919) - mass scuttling!
- Admiral Ludwig von Reuter's defiant scuttling plan
- **HINDENBURG SANK** 12:16 PM (June 21, 1919!)
- Part of **LARGEST MASS SCUTTLING IN HISTORY** (74 ships!)
- British fury, German honor preserved
- **SALVAGED 1930-1932** (Cox & Danks Shipbreaking)
- Raised 1930, towed Rosyth, scrapped 1932
- High-quality Krupp steel recycled
- **TRAGIC TIMING** - most refined BC design, minimal action!
- **WASTED POTENTIAL** - excellent design never battle-tested!
- **ULTIMATE WWI GERMAN BATTLECRUISER!** (Final evolution!)