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| Laid down | 1st October 1913 |
| Launched | 1st August 1915 |
| Completed | N/A |
| Commissioned | 10th May 1917 |
| Fate | Scuttled: 21st June 1919 at Scapa Flow |
| Builders | Kaiserliche Werft, Kiel Germany |
| Complement | 1120 |
| Dimensions | |
|---|---|
| Displacement | 26500 tons std 31000 tons max |
| Dimensions | 690' 3" x 95' 1" |
| Draught | 31' 5" |
| Armament | |
| Main guns | 8 x 12"/50 (2 x 4) |
| Secondary guns | 12 x 5.9"/45 (12 x 1) |
| Torpedo tubes | 4 x 19.7" |
| Other weapons | 8 x 3.46"/45 |
| Countermeasures | None |
| Armour | Turrets: 10.6" Belt: 11.8" Deck: 3.2" C.T.: 11.8" |
| Aircraft Facilities | |
| Aircraft | None |
| Flightdeck | None |
| Hangar | None |
| Catapults | None |
| Arrestor system | None |
| Aviation fuel | None |
| Electronics Fit | |
| Radar | None |
| Sonar | None |
| ECM | None |
| Other | N/A |
| Machinery | |
| Engines | 18 x Marine boilers 4 x Marine steam turbines |
| Power output | 63000shp |
| Speed | 26.5kts |
| Shafts | 4 |
| Range | 5600NM @ 14kts |
| Fuel | N/A |
The Hindenburg proved very difficult to salvage, and was raised on 23rd July 1930. She was towed to Rosyth and scrapped there between 1930 and 1931.
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