This
42,000-ton battlecruiser design dates
to August, 1917. With 16.5" guns, and
11.8" main belt, and 32-knot speed,
these ships would have been larger, faster,
better protected, and carried larger armament
than the Ersatz Yorck
Class ships. However, with only four main
guns, their usefulness in surface combat
is questionable.
This project, which never got past the preliminary
design stage, featured such innovative elements
as AA guns in deck mounted turrets, as well
as antiquated features such as the casemate
guns mounted very low on the hull.
| Laid
down N/A |
Launched
N/A |
Completed
N/A |
Commissioned
N/A |
| Fate
Project ended with fall of Germany |
Builders N/A |
Complement
N/A |
|
| Displacement
42,000 tons standard |
Dimensions
738 ' x 105' |
Draught 29.5' |
|
| Main
guns 4 x 16.5" 420mm/45cal (2 x 2) |
Secondary
guns 12 x 5.9" (121x 1) |
Light
guns 8 x 88mm (8 x 1) or 8 x 105mm (8 x 1) |
Torpedo
tubes 3 x 21" submerged |
| Armour
Belt: 11.8" Turrets: 11.8" Deck: 2" C.T.: 13.7" |
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| Machinery undecided when project halted |
Turbines 4 x steam |
Power
output 140,00 shp |
Shafts 4 |
| Speed
32 kts |
Range
8,000 NM @ 15 kts 2,700 @ 30 kts |
Fuel coal capacity unknown |
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