Spähkreuzer (Scout Cruiser)
Specialized Reconnaissance Cruiser (Paper Ship) - Never Built - Theoretical scout cruiser design optimized for fleet reconnaissance and ocean scouting. 7,500 tons, 6× 15cm guns (3× twin turrets), 38 knots (fastest German cruiser design). Maximum endurance (10,000 nm at 20 knots), minimal armor (50mm belt) for speed, advanced radar and reconnaissance equipment. Designed to scout ahead of battlefleet and heavy cruiser squadrons, locate enemy forces, shadow enemy formations. Design study only, never formally proposed. Would have filled reconnaissance role lost when armored/light cruiser distinction ended. Emphasized speed and range over protection.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 5700 t
- Displacement (full)
- 9800 t
- Length
- 475.7 ft
- Beam
- 45.9 ft
- Crew
- 750 (estimated)
- Ships built
- 0 (design study only)
- Commissioned
- Never built
- Decommissioned
- Never built
Performance
- Top speed
- 36 kn
- Range
- 10000 nm at 20 knots (planned)
Armament
- Main guns
- 6× 15cm (5.9-inch) SK C/28 (3× twin turrets)
- Secondary guns
- 8× 10.5cm SK C/33 AA
- Torpedoes
- 12× 53.3cm (4× triple mounts)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 50mm waterline belt
- Deck
- 30mm
- Fire control
- Advanced radar + long-range reconnaissance equipment (planned)
In-Game
- Tier
- T5
- Game power
- 124.79
- Research cost
- 68,634
- Credit cost
- 87,353
Notable
- Specialized reconnaissance cruiser concept
- Fastest German cruiser design (38 knots planned)
- Maximum endurance (10,000 nm at 20 knots)
- Minimal armor for speed (50mm belt only)
- Advanced radar and reconnaissance equipment
- Designed for fleet scouting and ocean reconnaissance
- Design study only (never progressed beyond planning)
- Would have complemented heavy cruiser operations