Source: Fleets of the world 1915. Compiled from official sources and classified according to types
Moltke-class. Sister ship the Goeben. Building ordered on 17 September 1908. Laid down at the shipyard of Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany on 7 December 1908, baptized by Helmuth von Moltke the Younger and launched on 7 April 1910, commissioned on 30 August 1911 and scuttled by her own crew to prevent that she fell into British hands on 21 June 1919, raised in 1927 and broken up at Rosyth between 1927-1929.
Displacement 22.979 tons/22.616 long tons (design)-25.400 tons/25.000 long tons (full loaded) and as dimensions 186,6 x 30 x 9,2 metres or 612.2 x 98.5 x 30.3 feet. The Parsons turbines supplied via 4 screws 51.289 (design)-84.609 (maximum) shp allowing a speed of 25,5 (design)-28,4 (maximum) knots and with a speed of 14 knots a range of 4.120 nautical miles. Her crew numbered 1.053 men included 43 officers. The armour consisted of a 10-29cm/3.9-11” thick belt. a 2,54-7,62cm/1-3” inch deck with the gun turrets, barbettes and conning tower protected by respectively 23cm/9.1”, 23cm/9.1” and 34cm/14”. The armament consisted of 5x2-28cm/11” L/50 guns, 12-15cm/5.9” guns and 12-8,8cm/3.5“ guns.
