SEYDLITZ

Fleet

HochSeeFlotte

Ship Type

Battle-cruiser

Nickname

–

Ship Class

(unique)

Grouping

I Scouting Group

Command

Hipper

Builder's Yard

Blohm und Voss, Hamburg

Budget Year

1910 Naval Estimates

Construction Notes

–

Date Laid Down

04.02.1911

Launch Date

30.03.1912

Completed date

–

Commission date

22.05.1913

Year laid down

1911

Year launched

1913

Year completed

–

Commission Year

1913

Pennant No

–

Photo Details

Courtesy of Blohm und Voss, Hamburg

Related stories

–

Sister ships

–

Eventual Fate

Scuttled at Scapa Flow 21 June 1919, Salvaged 2928

Jutland result

–

Ready for action after dock repairs

–

Commander

Kapitän zur See Moritz von Egidy

Noteable Officers

–

Crew complement

1,068

Officers

–

Ratings

–

Killed

98

Wounded

55

Prisoners

153

Displacement full Load (tons)

28,550

Artefacts Data

Damaged barrel (Wilhelmshaven Marine Museum)

Ship's Model

–

Length (ft)

658'

Length (mtrs)

200.6

Beam (ft)

94'

Beam (mtrs)

28.5

Draught (ft)

30.5'

Draught (mtrs)

9.29

Max. Speed (knots)

26.5

Range (miles)

–

Range (kilometres)

8.700 kms at 14 kts

Fuel

–

Propulsion

–

Armour Main Belt

11 to 11.75"

Deck Armour

–

Turret Armour IN CM

2.75"

Conning Tower Armour

–

Barbette Armour

–

Weight of armour

–

Armour / Displacement Ratio

–

Watertight compartments

–

General Notes

–

Fire Control Table

–

Fire Control - Clock

–

Primary Gun calibre

11" SK L/50

No. Primary Turrets

5

Guns (No.barrels)

10

Primary gun layout

–

Rounds per main gun

–

Effective broadside guns

–

Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

670

Primary Broadside Weight

6,700

Secondary Gun Calibre

5.9"

Guns (No.barrels) 2

12

Rounds per secondary

–

Other Armament

Twelve 8.8 cm (3.5”) SK L/ 45 naval guns

Elevation (degrees)

16

Gunnery Range (yards)

21,000

Gunnery Range (metres)

–

Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

3

Shells expended Main

–

Mines dropped

–

Shells expended Secondary

–

Torpedoes fired

–

Gunnery Notes

–

Torpedo Type IN

–

No. tubes

–

Torpedo Type MM

–

No. Mines

–

Torpedo Notes

–

References & sources

–