SMS Derfflinger
Battlecruiser
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SMS Derfflinger was a battlecruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine built in the early 1910s during the Anglo-German naval arms race. She was the lead ship of her class of three ships; her sister ships were Lützow and Hindenburg. Wikipedia
Length: 690′
Launched: July 12, 1913
Builder: Blohm+Voss
Beam: 95′
Armor: Belt: 300 mm (11.8 in); Conning tower: 300 mm; Deck: 30 to 80 mm (1.2 to 3.1 in); Turrets: 270 mm (10.6 in)
Fate: Scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21 June 1919, wreck raised 1939, broken up after 1946
Installed power: 18 × water-tube boilers; 63,000 PS (62,000 shp)