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The German battlecruiser '''S.M.S. ''Seydlitz''''' was an enlarged version of the preceding [[Moltke Class Battlecruiser (1910)|''Moltke'' class]] ships, boasting an additional foredeck offering enhanced seakeeping and reserve buoyancy.  This margin of buoyancy seems to have saved her from flooding after the [[Battle of Jutland]], where she regained port with her raised prow nearly awash.
  
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==Service==
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==Captains==
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank=Kapitän zur See|name=Moritz von Egidy|nick=Moritz von Egidy|appt=22 May, 1913<ref>[http://www.gwpda.org/naval/hsfcpco.htm Dave Alton on GWPDA]</ref>|end=29 November, 1917<ref>[http://www.gwpda.org/naval/hsfcpco.htm Dave Alton on GWPDA]</ref>|note=in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Kapitän zur See|name=William Taegert|nick=William Taegert|appt=30 November, 1917<ref>[http://www.gwpda.org/naval/hsfcpco.htm Dave Alton on GWPDA]</ref>|end=4 December, 1918<ref>[http://www.gwpda.org/naval/hsfcpco.htm Dave Alton on GWPDA]</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Kapitänleutnant|name=Otto Brauer|nick=Otto Brauer|appt=5 December, 1918<ref>[http://www.gwpda.org/naval/hsfcpco.htm Dave Alton on GWPDA]</ref>|end=21 June, 1919<ref>[http://www.gwpda.org/naval/hsfcpco.htm Dave Alton on GWPDA]</ref>|succBy=Vessel Scuttled}}
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==See Also==
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*[[S.M.S. Seydlitz at the Battle of Jutland|S.M.S. ''Seydlitz'' at the Battle of Jutland]]
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* [http://dreadnoughtproject.org/plans/SM_Seydlitz_1913/ Original plan drawings]
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Seydlitz}}
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*[http://dreadnoughtproject.org/models/ships/SMS_Seydlitz/ 3D Model] available for licensing
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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*{{KoopSchmolkeGrossenKreuzer}}
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Latest revision as of 21:24, 21 November 2023

S.M.S. Seydlitz (1912)
Builder: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Laid down: 4 Feb, 1911
Launched: 30 Mar, 1912
Commissioned: 22 May, 1913
Scuttled: 21 Jun, 1919
Fate: at Scapa Flow

The German battlecruiser S.M.S. Seydlitz was an enlarged version of the preceding Moltke class ships, boasting an additional foredeck offering enhanced seakeeping and reserve buoyancy. This margin of buoyancy seems to have saved her from flooding after the Battle of Jutland, where she regained port with her raised prow nearly awash.

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dave Alton on GWPDA
  2. ↑ Dave Alton on GWPDA
  3. ↑ Dave Alton on GWPDA
  4. ↑ Dave Alton on GWPDA
  5. ↑ Dave Alton on GWPDA
  6. ↑ Dave Alton on GWPDA

Bibliography

  • Koop, Gerhard; Schmolke, Klaus-Peter (1998). Die Groẞen Kreuzer Von der Tann bis Hindenburg. Bonn: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. ISBN 3-7637-5972-7.


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