Blücher

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Blücher was a German armored cruiser of the Imperial Navy that served in World War I and was famously sunk during the 1915 Battle of Dogger Bank in the North Sea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German naval vessel
armored cruiser
warship
armament 12 × 21 cm guns
8 × 15 cm guns
torpedo tubes
armorBeltThickness up to 180 mm
builtAt Kiel
commissionedBy Imperial German Navy
conflict Battle of Dogger Bank
World War I
country German Empire
crewComplement approximately 1,000 officers and men
designedAsResponseTo perceived British armored cruiser developments
displacement approximately 15,800 tons standard
era early 20th century
fate sunk in combat
fleetAssignment High Seas Fleet (Imperial German Navy)
surface form: German High Seas Fleet
laidDownAt Kaiserliche Werft Kiel
length approximately 161 meters
namedAfter Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
navalArchitectureType pre-dreadnought-era armored cruiser
navalShipyard Kaiserliche Werft Kiel
surface form: Imperial Shipyard Kiel
notableEngagement Battle of Dogger Bank
operator Imperial German Navy
outclassedBy British battlecruisers
propulsion steam turbines
role scouting for the High Seas Fleet
serviceBranch Imperial German Navy
surface form: Kaiserliche Marine
shipClass German armoured cruiser Blücher
surface form: Blücher-class armored cruiser
sinkingCause gunfire from British battlecruisers
sinkingDate 1915-01-24
sinkingLocation North Sea
status shipwreck in the North Sea
sunkIn Battle of Dogger Bank
theaterOfOperations Baltic Sea
North Sea
topSpeed approximately 25 knots
usedBy German Empire
surface form: German Empire in World War I

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