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First German Battlecruiser - Germany's response to HMS Invincible. Revolutionary balanced design: 250mm armor (+64% thicker than Invincible) with only 0.25 knots slower. First German turbine capital ship. Sank HMS Indefatigable at Jutland, survived 4 heavy hits. Vindicated German armor-first philosophy.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 19370 t
- Displacement (full)
- 21300 t
- Length
- 563.3 ft
- Beam
- 87.3 ft
- Crew
- 923
- Ships built
- 1
- Commissioned
- 1910
- Decommissioned
- 1919 (scuttled Scapa Flow)
Performance
- Top speed
- 24.8 kn
- Range
- 4400 nm at 14 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 8× 28cm (11-inch) SK L/45
- Secondary guns
- 10× 15cm (5.9-inch) SK L/45
- Torpedoes
- 4× 45cm submerged
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 250mm Krupp cemented
- Deck
- 50mm
- Fire control
- Manual optical rangefinders
In-Game
- Tier
- T2
- Game power
- 16.14
- Research cost
- 1,420
- Credit cost
- 11,298
Notable
- First German battlecruiser
- First German capital ship with turbines
- Balanced design philosophy (armor + speed vs British speed-first)
- Survived Jutland despite 4 heavy hits