The World Crisis, Volume 1 (of 6)

by Winston Churchill

GERMAN DREADNOUGHT STRENGTH

BATTLESHIPS
Consecutive No.	Ship.	Launched.	Displacement.	Speed (designed).	Armour belt (max.)	Armament (excluding guns below 12 prs.)	Weight of broadside, primary guns.
			tons.	knots.	in.		lb.
1	Nassau	1908	18,600	19	11·81	12—11 in., 12—5·9 in., 16—3·4 in.	5,376
2	Westfalen	1908
3	Rheinland	1908
4	Posen	1908
5	Ostfriesland	1909	22,400	20·5	11·81	12—12 in., 14—5·9 in., 14—3·4 in.	7,232
6	Heligoland	1909
7	Thuringen	1909
8	Oldenburg	1910
9	Kaiser	1911	24,310	21	13·78	10—12 in., 14—5·9 in., 12—3·4 in., 4—13 prs.	9,040
10	Friedrich der Grosse	1911
11	Kaiserin	1911
12	Prinzregent Luitpold	1912
13	König Albert	1912
14	Grosser Kurfürst	1913	25,390	22 ?	?	10—12 in., 14—5·9 in., 12—3·4 in., 4—13 prs.	9,040
15	König	1913
16	Markgraf	1913
BUILDING
17	Kronprinz	1914	25,390	22 ?	?	10—12 in., 14—5·9 in., 12—3·4 in., 4—13 prs.	9,040
18	Ersatz Wörth		28,050 ?	22 ?	?	8—15 in., 16—5·9 in.	15,360 ?
19	T
20	Ersatz Kaiser Friedrich III
BATTLE CRUISERS
1	Blücher	1908	15,550	25	6	12—8·2 in., 8—5·9 in., 16—3·4 in.	2,204
2	von der Tann	1909	18,700	25	6	8—11 in., 10—5·9 in., 16—3·4 in.	5,376
3	Moltke	1910	22,640	27	11	10—11 in., 12—5·9 in., 12—3·4 in.	6,720
4	Goeben	1911
5	Seydlitz	1912	24,640	27	11	10—11 in., 12—5·9 in., 12—3·4 in.	6,720
6	Derfflinger	1913	28,000	27	7	8—12 in., 12—5·9 in., 12—3·4 in.	7,232
BUILDING
7	Lützow	1913	28,000	27	7	8—12 in., 12—5·9 in., 12—3·4 in.	7,232
8	Ersatz Hertha	Bdg.