Seydlitz-class battlecruiser

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The Seydlitz-class battlecruiser was a proposed but never fully realized class of German Imperial Navy capital ships, conceptually based on and named after the battlecruiser SMS Seydlitz.

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Seydlitz-class battlecruiser canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battlecruiser class
proposed warship class
armamentType heavy naval guns
secondary battery guns
torpedo tubes
basedOn SMS Seydlitz
category proposed German battlecruisers
unbuilt German warships
constructionStatus not laid down
countryOfOrigin German Empire
designedAs battlecruiser
capital ship
designedBy German naval designers
designedFor Imperial German Navy
surface form: Imperial German Navy battle fleet
designedForConflict potential North Sea engagements
designedForOpponent Royal Navy battlecruisers
designedUnder Imperial German naval laws
designGoal heavy armament
high speed
strong armor protection
historicalPeriod World War I era
early 20th century
hullType steel warship hull
inspiredBy performance of SMS Seydlitz
intendedPropulsionFuel coal
fuel oil (supplementary)
intendedRole engaging enemy cruisers
fast capital ship
scouting for battle fleet
intendedTheater Atlantic Ocean
North Sea
namedAfter SMS Seydlitz
navalArchitectureInfluence SMS Seydlitz design
navalArchitectureType all-big-gun warship
navalDoctrineContext German battlecruiser doctrine
navalTechnologyLevel dreadnought era
operator Imperial German Navy
partOf German capital ship development program
propulsionType steam turbines
relatedTo Derfflinger class
surface form: Derfflinger-class battlecruiser

Moltke-class battlecruiser
SMS Seydlitz
serviceBranch Imperial German Navy
surface form: Kaiserliche Marine
shipClassNamedAfter SMS Seydlitz
status never built
unrealized project

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SMS Seydlitz shipClass Seydlitz-class battlecruiser
German battlecruiser Seydlitz shipClass Seydlitz-class battlecruiser
German battlecruisers Seydlitz and Derfflinger shipClass Seydlitz-class battlecruiser
subject surface form: SMS Seydlitz
Moltke-class battlecruiser followedBy Seydlitz-class battlecruiser