Lutzow (Derfflinger Class)


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Laid down July 1912
Launched 29th November 1913
Completed N/A
Commissioned 8th August 1915
Fate Scuttled:
1st June 1916 at Jutland
Builders Schichtau, Danzig
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

Lutzow was damaged by 24 heavy shells and 1 torpedo at Jutland on 31st May. During the night, efforts to save her proved fruitless, and the crew abandoned her and she was torpedoed by a German destroyer.

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