An item reported the launching on 20th March at Hamburg, Germany of the large German cruiser F which was christened Von der Tann. As far as known had she a displacement of 19.010 tons and with the 45.000 ihp turbine machinery was her designed speed 25 miles. The thickness of the armour belt was 20cm and the main armament consisted of 10-28cm guns.(1)
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1. Laid down at the shipyard of Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany on 21 March 1908, launched on 20 March 1909, baptized on 1 September 1910, commissioned on 20 March 1909, interned after the First World War at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland but scuttled by her own crew to prevent that she fell into British hands on 21 June 1919 and in the 1930s raised and broken up at Rosyth. Her homeport Was Kiel, Germany. Displacement 19.370 tons/19.060 long tons (design)-21.300 tons/21.000 long tons (full loaded) and as dimensions 171,7 x 26,6 x 8,91 (design)-9,17 (full loaded) metres or 563.4 x 87.3 x 29.3-30.1 feet. Fitted out with 18 Schulz-Thornycroft boilers and 4 Parsons steam turbines supplying via 4 screws 41.426 shop allowing a speed of 24,8 (design)-27,75 (maximum) knots and with a speed of 14 knots a range of 4.400 nautical miles. The armour consisted of 8-25cm/(3.1-9.8” thick belt, 2,5cm/0.98” thick torpedo bulkheads, gun turrets protected by 230cm/9.1” and the conning tower by 25cm/9.8“. The armament consisted of 4x2-28cm SK L/45 guns fore and aft 1 turret, 2 amidships), 10x1-15cm SK L/45 guns (casemated) 16-8,8cm SK L/45 guns and 4-18” torpedo tubes. Her crew numbered 923 men included 41 officers. Speed 24,8-27,75 (maximum) knots.
