| Laid down | 25th March 1908 |
| Launched | 20th September 1909 |
| Completed | N/A |
| Commissioned | 1st September 1909 |
| Fate | Scuttled: 21st June 1919 at Scapa Flow |
| Builders | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Germany |
| Complement | 853 |
| Dimensions | |
|---|---|
| Displacement | 19064 tons std 21700 tons max |
| Dimensions | 563' x 87' |
| Draught | 26' 7" |
| Armament | |
| Main guns | 8 x 11"/45 (2 x 4) |
| Secondary guns | 10 x 5.9"/45 (10 x 1) |
| Torpedo tubes | 4 x 17.7" |
| Other weapons | 16 x 3.46"/45 |
| Countermeasures | None |
| Armour | Turrets: 9" Belt: 10" Deck: 2" C.T.: 10" |
| 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 Walter boilers 4 x Parsons steam turbines |
| Power output | 42000shp standard 79000shp forced draught |
| Speed | 27kts |
| Shafts | 4 |
| Range | 4400NM @ 14kts |
| Fuel | N/A |
11" shells from Von der Tann sank Indefatigable at Jutland in 1916, and the German ship was herself badly damaged. After being scuttled, she was raised in December 1930, and scrapped at Rosyth, Scotland, between 1930 and 1934.
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