German battlecruisers

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battle
gptkbp:armament main guns
gptkbp:armor gptkb:steel
gptkbp:built gptkb:5
gptkbp:challenges balancing speed and armor
gptkbp:commissioned 1908
1918
gptkbp:construction_started 1900s to 1910s
gptkbp:crew_capacity 800-1,000
gptkbp:decommissioned post World War I
gptkbp:design_influence gptkb:British_battlecruisers
gptkbp:design_philosophy speed over armor
gptkbp:designed_by gptkb:Imperial_German_Navy
gptkbp:displacement over 20,000 tons
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands
gptkb:Battle_of_Jutland
gptkb:Battle_of_Dogger_Bank
gptkbp:fate scuttled or scrapped
gptkbp:has_limitations vulnerable to battleships
gptkbp:historical_context pre-World War I naval arms race
gptkbp:historical_significance naval strategy evolution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German battlecruisers
gptkbp:influence_on naval doctrine
gptkbp:is_compared_to gptkb:British_battlecruisers
gptkbp:legacy influenced future warship designs
gptkbp:length over 200 meters
gptkbp:notable_features high speed
heavy artillery
long-range firepower
gptkbp:notable_for gptkb:Derfflinger-class
gptkb:Hindenburg-class
gptkb:Moltke-class
gptkbp:notable_ships gptkb:SMS_Derfflinger
gptkb:SMS_Von_der_Tann
gptkb:SMS_Hindenburg
gptkb:SMS_Seydlitz
gptkb:SMS_Moltke
torpedo tubes
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:operational_period 1910s
gptkbp:operational_theater gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:post_war_career scrapped or sunk
gptkbp:primary_role gptkb:naval_warfare
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:radar not equipped
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:speed 28 knots
gptkbp:strategic_importance fleet in being
gptkbp:sunk gptkb:Battle_of_Jutland
gptkbp:survivors gptkb:none
gptkbp:tactics hit-and-run
gptkbp:technology advanced for their time
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Franz_von_Hipper
gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Reinhard_Scheer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5