Battlecruisers: Von Der Tann

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The first of the Kaiser's battle cruisers. Despite having 11" vs. 12" on RN BCs, she was more than a match, as she proved at Jutland. Like the rest of the WW1 German BCs she was a very rugged ship that could both dish out and absorb punishment. DFO

Specs (Wiki):

Displacement: Design: 19,370 t (19,060 long tons)
Full load: 21,300 t (21,000 long tons)

Length: 171.7 m (563 ft 4 in)
Beam: 26.6 m (87 ft 3 in)
Draft: Designed: 8.91 m (29 ft 3 in)
Full load: 9.17 m (30 ft 1 in)

Propulsion: 18 Schulz-Thornycroft boilers,
4 Parsons steam turbines,4 screws
41,426 shp (30,891 kW)

Speed: Design: 24.8 knots (45.9 km/h; 28.5 mph)
Maximum: 27.75 knots (51.39 km/h; 31.93 mph)

Range: 4,400 nmi (8,100 km; 5,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement: 41 officers
882 men

Armament: 8 × 28 cm (11.02 in) SK L/45 guns
10 × 15 cm (5.91 in) SK L/45 guns
16 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) SK L/45 guns
4 × 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes

Armor: Belt:
80 to 250 mm (3.1 to 9.8 in)
Turret faces:
230 mm (9.1 in)
Conning tower:
250 mm (9.8 in)
Torpedo bulkhead:
25 mm (0.98 in)

[designeraccd]

However, a 15" hit from BARHAM, at Jutland, did put her in dry dock!! Also, fitting out at B+V yard, Hamburg, 1909. Plus a view apparently on her way to Scapa Flow. DFO