SMS Seydlitz

SMS Seydlitz was a 25,000 ton battlecruiser of the Imperial German Navy, built at Hamburg, Germany, and commissioned in May 1913. She was named after Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz a Prussian field marshall under Frederick the Great

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Battlecruiser - Imperial German Navy - 1913 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz - Frederick the Great

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At the battle of Dogger Bank, 24 January 1915, in World War I she was the flagship of Admiral Franz von Hipper. In heavy fighting two gun turrets were destroyed and 160 sailors were killed.

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Battle of Dogger Bank - 24 January - 1915 - World War I - Franz von Hipper

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At the battle of Jutland she fought in Hipper's battlecruiser squadron where she destroyed HMS Queen Mary with her accurate shellfire. In the battle she was heavily damaged, being hit by twenty-one heavy shells and one torpedo, and suffering 98 men killed and 55 injured. Four turrets were destroyed and she shipped 5,000 tons of water, reducing her freeboard almost to nothing. She made it back to port with great difficulty.

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Battle of Jutland - HMS ''Queen Mary''

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After the armistice she was escorted to Scapa Flow where she was scuttled with the rest of the High Seas Fleet on 21 June 1919. She was salvaged in 1928 and scrapped.

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Scapa Flow - High Seas Fleet - 21 June - 1919 - 1928

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