German Armoured Cruisers
Entries in bold indicate photos.
Furst Bismarck Class
| Furst Bismarck | The first German armoured cruiser was an enlargement of the Victoria Louise design. |
Roon Class
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Roon Yorck |
The Roons were repeats of the Prinz Adalberts, but with improvements in the armour and 4 funnels. |
Scharnhorst Class
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Gneisenau Scharnhorst |
The best and most famous German cruisers were still little more than repeats of previous classes with improvements. Secondary armament was reduced to allow the main armament to be increased. |
Blucher Class
| Blucher | Germanys first attempt at a battlecruiser was based upon an incorrect assumption of British warships, assisted by misleading information in Janes. The result was a armoured cruiser which was easily outgunned at the Dogger Bank |
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