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'''''Blücher''''' was the last [[Armoured Cruiser]] built by Germany.  Compared to her predecessors, she was a modern-looking design incorporating a main armament of twelve 21-cm guns in turrets arranged in a lozenge pattern.  While she did not possess turbine machinery, her speed of over 25 knots made her almost three knots faster than the previous [[Scharnhorst Class Cruiser (1906)|''Scharnhorst'' class]] vessels.
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==Construction and Trials==
 
On trials in 1909 ''Blücher'' achieved the highest power ever made by a reciprocating-engined warship, 43,886 ihp,<ref>Friedman.  ''Battleship Design and Development''.  p. 91.</ref> equivalent to 127 r.p.m. and 25.86 knots.<ref>Anderson, R.  "Letters to the Editor" (31 December 1971).  ''Warship International'' 4.  p. 326.</ref>
 
On trials in 1909 ''Blücher'' achieved the highest power ever made by a reciprocating-engined warship, 43,886 ihp,<ref>Friedman.  ''Battleship Design and Development''.  p. 91.</ref> equivalent to 127 r.p.m. and 25.86 knots.<ref>Anderson, R.  "Letters to the Editor" (31 December 1971).  ''Warship International'' 4.  p. 326.</ref>
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==Service History==
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In 1914, she was assigned to [[I Aufklärungsgruppe]] (Scouting Group).
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===Scarborough Raid===
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{{Main|Scarborough Raid}}
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''Blücher'' was involved in the mid-December night raid on the east coast of Britain which struck the towns of Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.  She attacked [[Hartlepool]] along with the {{DE-Moltke|f=tp}}, and was hit six times by the three 6-in guns in the town's shore batteries, suffering nine men killed.
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===Dogger Bank===
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{{Main|Battle of Dogger Bank}}
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''Blücher'' was lost in the battle, after she had been slowed by hits to her machinery which left her unable to keep pace with the battlecruisers as they fled from superior British forces.
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==Captains==
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 19:29, 13 April 2021

S.M.S. Blücher (1908)
Builder: Kaiserliche Werft Kiel[1]
Laid down: 21 Feb, 1907[2]
Launched: 11 Apr, 1908[3]
Commissioned: 24 Mar, 1910[4]
Sunk: 24 Jan, 1915[5]

Blücher was the last Armoured Cruiser built by Germany. Compared to her predecessors, she was a modern-looking design incorporating a main armament of twelve 21-cm guns in turrets arranged in a lozenge pattern. While she did not possess turbine machinery, her speed of over 25 knots made her almost three knots faster than the previous Scharnhorst class vessels.

Construction and Trials

On trials in 1909 Blücher achieved the highest power ever made by a reciprocating-engined warship, 43,886 ihp,[6] equivalent to 127 r.p.m. and 25.86 knots.[7]

Service History

In 1914, she was assigned to I Aufklärungsgruppe (Scouting Group).

Scarborough Raid

Main article: Scarborough Raid

Blücher was involved in the mid-December night raid on the east coast of Britain which struck the towns of Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby. She attacked Hartlepool along with the battlecruiser S.M.S. Moltke, and was hit six times by the three 6-in guns in the town's shore batteries, suffering nine men killed.

Dogger Bank

Main article: Battle of Dogger Bank

Blücher was lost in the battle, after she had been slowed by hits to her machinery which left her unable to keep pace with the battlecruisers as they fled from superior British forces.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 150.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 150.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 150.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 150.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 150.
  6. Friedman. Battleship Design and Development. p. 91.
  7. Anderson, R. "Letters to the Editor" (31 December 1971). Warship International 4. p. 326.

Bibliography


Armoured Cruiser S.M.S. Blücher
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