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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. | 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. | ||
==Service | ==Service== | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
* [http://dreadnoughtproject.org/plans/SM_Seydlitz_1913/ Original plan drawings] | |||
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Seydlitz}} | {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Seydlitz}} | ||
*[http://dreadnoughtproject.org/models/ships/SMS_Seydlitz/ 3D Model] available for licensing | *[http://dreadnoughtproject.org/models/ships/SMS_Seydlitz/ 3D Model] available for licensing | ||
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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.
- Kapitän zur See Moritz von Egidy, 22 May, 1913 - 29 November, 1917.[1]
- Kapitän zur See William Taegert, 30 November, 1917 - 4 December, 1918.[2]
- Kapitänleutnant Otto Brauer, 5 December, 1918 - 21 June, 1919.[3]
See Also
- Original plan drawings
- Wikipedia
- 3D Model available for licensing
Footnotes
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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