SMS Derfflinger |
Type: |
Battlecruiser |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Blohm & Voss Hamburg, Germany |
Pennant Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
1911 |
Commissioned: |
September 1, 1914 |
Keel Laid: |
March 30, 1912 |
Decommissioned: |
N/A |
Launched: |
July 12, 1913 |
Stricken: |
N/A |
Fate: |
Scrapped after 1946. (Interned at Scapa Flow with the High Seas Fleet and scuttled on June 21, 1919.) |
Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
690' 3" |
Engines: |
4 steam turbines |
Beam: |
95' 1" |
Boilers: |
14 twin naval (coal) / 4 double ended (oil) |
Draft: |
31' 5" |
Shafts: |
4 |
Displacement: |
26,500 std. / 31,000 full |
SHP: |
63,000 |
Speed: |
26.5 knots |
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Crew: |
1,120 |
Range: |
5,600 NM @ 12 knots |
Armament As Built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
8 |
12"/50 (305mm) SK L/50 |
4 twin turrets |
22,310 yards @ 16° (12.6 miles) |
12 |
5.9"/45 (150mm) SK L/45 |
single mounts |
19,250 yards @ 30° |
8 |
3.5"/45 (88mm) SK L/45 |
single mounts |
12,900 yards @ 45° |
4 |
19.7" (500mm) torpedo tubes |
single submerged 4 broadside 1 stern |
G-7 torpedoes 4,370 yards @ 37 knots 10,170 yards @ 27 knots 430 lb. Hexanite charge |
Combat Victories |
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Date
|
Name |
Type |
Tons |
Nationality |
Notes |
May 31, 1916 |
Invincible |
Battlecruiser |
17,526 |
UK |
Battle of Jutland |
May 31, 1916 |
Queen Mary |
Battlecruiser |
26,770 |
UK |
Battle of Jutland |
Notes |
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Jan. 24, 1915: |
Damaged HMS Lion at the Battle of Dogger Bank. |
Jan. 24, 1915: |
Damaged by HMS Princess Royal (1 hit) at the Battle of Dogger Bank. |
May 31, 1916: |
Damaged at the Battle of Jutland by 21 hits from HMS Queen Mary and HMS Invincible. 157 crewmen killed. |
Nov. 1918: |
Surrendered with the High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow. |
June 21, 1919: |
Scuttled at Scapa Flow. |
1939: |
Wreck raised. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published June 6, 2006 |