SMS Derfflinger was a battlecruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) built in the early 1910s during the Anglo-German naval arms race...
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Mackensen-class battlecruiser (redirect from SMS Graf Spee)
previous Derfflinger class was armed with 30.5-centimeter (12 in) guns, though some consideration had been given to redesigning the last two ships—SMS Lützow...
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British government returned the bell from SMS Hindenburg on 28 May 1959 and the bells from SMS Derfflinger and SMS Friedrich der Grosse on 30 August 1965...
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The Derfflinger class was a class of three battlecruisers (German: Schlachtkreuzer) of the Imperial German Navy. The ships were ordered for the 1912–13...
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SMS Seydlitz was a battlecruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), built in Hamburg. She was ordered in 1910 and commissioned in May 1913...
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the armored cruiser SMS Yorck. Two months after the outbreak of World War I, he was made captain of the battlecruiser SMS Derfflinger, which he also commanded...
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SMS Moltke was the lead ship of the Moltke-class battlecruisers of the German Imperial Navy, named after the 19th-century German Field Marshal Helmuth...
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Derfflinger may refer to: In warships: Derfflinger-class battlecruiser SMS Derfflinger, a battlecruiser of the Imperial German Navy, launched in 1913 V...
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when he was 84 years old. Derfflinger died at his estates in Gusow. The Imperial German Navy's battlecruiser SMS Derfflinger was named after him. Fontane...
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SMS Von der Tann was the first battlecruiser built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), as well as Germany's first major turbine-powered...
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SMS Hindenburg was a battlecruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), the third ship of the Derfflinger class, built to a slightly modified...
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Battle of Jutland and fired upon SMS Wiesbaden; Collingwood and Vanguard also fired at SMS Moltke and SMS Derfflinger. The three sisters inflicted little...
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sacrifice some gun size for improved armour. The German battlecruiser SMS Derfflinger had belt armour equivalent in thickness—though not as comprehensive—to...
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SMS Lützow was the second Derfflinger-class battlecruiser built by the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) before World War I. Ordered as a replacement...
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SMS Baden was a Bayern-class dreadnought battleship of the German Imperial Navy built during World War I. Launched in October 1915 and completed in March...
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SMS Vulkan was a U-boat salvage tug in the Kaiserliche Marine laid down in 1907 and commissioned in 1908. The ship displaced 1595 tons and had a top speed...
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SMS Markgraf was the third dreadnought battleship of the four-ship König class. She served in the Imperial German Navy during World War I. The battleship...
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SMS Prinzregent Luitpold was the fifth and final vessel of the Kaiser class of dreadnought battleships of the Imperial German Navy. Prinzregent Luitpold's...
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ship SMS Von der Tann, battlecruiser SMS Goeben, battlecruiser SMS Moltke, battlecruiser SMS Scharnhorst, armoured cruiser SMS Seydlitz and SMS Derfflinger...
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SMS König was the first of four König-class dreadnought battleships of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. König (English:...
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SMS Friedrich der Grosse was the second vessel of the Kaiser class of dreadnought battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Friedrich der Grosse's keel...
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SMS Kaiser was the lead ship of the Kaiser class of dreadnought battleships of the Imperial German Navy. Kaiser was built by the Imperial Dockyard at...
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Mary, and Derfflinger and Lützow together destroyed Invincible. The four remaining battlecruisers—Von der Tann, Moltke, Seydlitz, and Derfflinger saw little...
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was hit several times. The smoke and fumes from these hits caused SMS Derfflinger to lose sight of Lion – which had sheered out of line to starboard...
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Imperial German Navy (redirect from S.M.S.)
turrets either end, with the inner turret superfiring over the outer. SMS Derfflinger was the first German ship to have anti-aircraft guns fitted. In 1913...
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Seydlitz and SMS Derfflinger and the loss of SMS Lützow at Jutland, the only battlecruisers available for the operation were SMS Von der Tann and SMS Moltke...
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SMS G102 was a G101-class large torpedo boat (Großes Torpedoboot) operated by Imperial German Navy during the First World War. The ship was ordered for...
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succession. The gunners incorrectly claimed to have hit the battlecruiser SMS Derfflinger. At around that time, Benbow and three other battleships opened fire...
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Castle on the top. The castle was bombarded by the German warships SMS Derfflinger and SMS Von der Tann in the First World War. The promontory divides the...
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