SMS Lützow

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SMS Lützow was a German Derfflinger-class battlecruiser of the Imperial Navy that served as Vice Admiral Hipper’s flagship and was heavily damaged and scuttled during the Battle of Jutland in World War I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Derfflinger-class battlecruiser
battlecruiser
warship
armament 12 × 15 cm SK L/45 guns
4 × 60 cm torpedo tubes
8 × 30.5 cm SK L/50 guns
8 × 8.8 cm guns
beam about 29 meters
builder Deutsche Werft AG
surface form: Schichau-Werke
class Derfflinger class
commandedBy Kapitän zur See Viktor Harder
commissioned 8 August 1915
conflict World War I
countryOfOrigin German Empire
crew about 1,100 officers and men
damagedBy British naval gunfire at Jutland
dateOfScuttling 1 June 1916
displacement about 26,600 tonnes standard
about 31,200 tonnes full load
draft about 9.2 meters
era early 20th century
fate scuttled
flagshipOf Franz von Hipper
Scouting Forces
surface form: I Scouting Group
laidDown 15 May 1912
launched 29 November 1913
length about 210 meters
locationDuringBattleOfJutland North Sea
surface form: North Sea, off Jutland Peninsula
mainBatteryCaliber 30.5 cm
namedAfter Lützow
navalArchitectureType all-big-gun battlecruiser
navalTheater North Sea operations
notableAction heavily damaged British battlecruiser HMS Defence at Jutland
sank British battlecruiser HMS Invincible at Jutland
operator Imperial German Navy
participatedIn Battle of Jutland
placeBuilt Gdańsk
surface form: Danzig
placeOfScuttling North Sea
propulsion coal-fired boilers
oil-fired boilers
steam turbines
reasonForScuttling severe battle damage
scuttledBy German torpedo boats G38 and others
scuttlingMethod torpedoed by German destroyers
serviceBranch Imperial German Navy
surface form: Kaiserliche Marine
squadron Scouting Forces
surface form: I Scouting Group
tookOnWater forward compartments flooded at Jutland
topSpeed about 26.5 knots

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