German Project GK 5031

This 50,000-ton battlecruiser design dates to May 1918. More detail will follow...

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
50,000 tons standard
Dimensions
885 '8" x 109'10"
Draught
29'5"
Main guns
6 x 16.5" 420mm/45cal
(2 x 2)
Secondary guns
8 x 5.9" 15cm SK-l/45
(8 x 1)
4 x 5.9" 15cm L/ 45 AA
(4 x 1)
Light guns
8 x 88mm (8 x 1)
or
8 x 105mm (8 x 1)
Torpedo tubes
? x 21" submerged
Armour
Belt: 13.7"
Turrets: 13.7"
Deck: 2"
C.T.: 13.7"
Machinery
16 Coal Boilers
+
16 Oil Boilers
Turbines
4 x geared steam
Power output
220,000 shp
Shafts
4
Speed
32 kts
Range
Unknown
Fuel
Unknown


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