SMS Derfflinger | Trackpads Warship Archive

German battlecruiser SMS Derfflinger . (Scapa Flow?) Saksalainen taisteluristeilijä SMS Derfflinger . (Scapa Flow?)Scanned from: Herwig, Holger (1980) "Luxury" Fleet: The Imperial German Navy 1888-1918 , Amherst, New York : Humanity Books ISBN : 9781573922869 . Page 82 Image is credited as an Imperial War Museum photograph. · Public domainImage source

ClassDerfflinger class

NavyImperial German Navy

CountryGermany

Builder / shipyardBlohm & Voss, Hamburg

Laid down1912-03-30

Launched1913-07-12

Completed1914-09-01

Recorded statusScuttled

What is known about this ship

SMS Derfflinger was a member of the Derfflinger class.

Service history

Fought at Dogger Bank and Jutland; interned and scuttled at Scapa Flow in 1919.

Class context: Derfflinger class

The Derfflinger class placed eight 30.5 cm guns on the centerline in a fast, heavily protected German battlecruiser design.

Later service and disposition

scuttled by crew.

Class relationship

This ship is recorded as a member of Derfflinger class. Shared design history belongs on the class page; this page concentrates on the individual hull where evidence is available.

Sources and further reading

Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906–1921Conway Maritime Press
German Warships 1815–1945, Volume OneNaval Institute Press

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