Seydlitz (Hipper Class)

Laid down	29th December 1936
Launched	19th January 1939
Completed	N/A
Commissioned	N/A
Fate	Scuttled: 29th January 1945 at Konigsberg
Builders	Deschimag, Bremen Germany
Complement	1600
Dimensions
Displacement	14271 tons std 18700 tons max
Dimensions	697' 2" x 71' 6"
Draught	23' 6"
Armament
Main guns	8 x 8" (2 x 4)
Secondary guns	12 x 4.1" (6 x 2)
Torpedo tubes	12 x 21" (4 x 3)
Other weapons	12 x 40mm (6 x 2) 8 x 37mm (8 x 1)
Countermeasures	None
Armour	Deck: 0.5" - 2" Belt: 2.75" - 3" C.T.: 2" - 6" Turrets: 2.75" - 4"
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft	3 x Arado Ar196 seaplanes
Flightdeck	None
Hangar	N/A
Catapults	1
Arrestor system	None
Aviation fuel	N/A
Electronics Fit
Radar	2 x FuMo 22 surface search
Sonar	N/A
ECM	None
Other	N/A
Machinery
Engines	12 x Wagner boilers 3 x Deschimag steam turbines
Power output	133631shp
Speed	33kts
Shafts	3
Range	5050NM @ 15kts
Fuel	3250 tons oil

Like Lutzow, consideration was given to selling Seydlitz to Russia, but Hitler prevented this. Work was stopped in June 1942, when she was almost complete. In 1943, Hitler ordered that she be converted into an aircraft carrier, and she arrived at Konigsberg on 2nd April 1944 for work to begin.

With the worsening situation, the only work that was done was to remove most of the superstructure, and she was scuttled before the advancing Russians could capture her.

She was apparantly scrapped there after the war, but a British reconnaissance aircraft may have seen her being towed to Leningrad in October 1946.

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