Ersatz Yorck class battlecruiser
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 Line drawing of Ersatz Yorck |
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Ersatz Yorck |
| Builders: | AG Vulcan Stettin Germaniawerft, Kiel Blohm + Voss, Hamburg |
| Operators: | Kaiserliche Marine |
| Planned: | 3 |
| Completed: | Ersatz Yorck Ersatz Gneisenau Ersatz Scharnhorst |
| Cancelled: | 3 |
| Active: | 0 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Battlecruiser |
| Displacement: | 33,000 tons (standard), 38,000 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 227 m (747 ft) |
| Beam: | 30.4 m, (99.5 feet) |
| Draught: | 8.7 m (28.5 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 4 shaft Parsons type geared steam turbines, 32 boilers, 90,000 hp |
| Speed: | 27.5 kt |
| Range: | 8,000 nm at 14 knots |
| Complement: | 1,227 |
| Armament: | 8 × 380 mm (15 inch) SKL/45 12 × 150 mm (5.9 inch) 8 × 88 mm 6 × 600 mm torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | Main belt: 300 - 100 mm (12-4 in) Turrets: 320-110 mm (12.8 -4.3 in) 150 mm secondary battery. |
The Ersatz York class were a group of three battlecruisers ordered for the Imperial German Navy in 1916. They were a slightly enlarged version of the Mackensen class battlecruisers, armed with 15 inch guns. The boilers would have been trunked into a single massive funnel. The three ships were originally ordered as part of the Mackensen class but the design was changed when details of the British Admiral class battlecruisers became known to German intelligence.
[edit] Ships
- Ersatz Yorck (a replacement for the armoured cruiser Yorck) ordered from AG Vulcan Stettin, laid down in July 1916 but construction was suspended to concentrate on the U-boat programme. The hull frames were subequently scrapped
- Ersatz Gneisenau (a replacement for the armoured cruiser Gneisenau) ordered from Germaniawerft, Kiel but not started due to shifting priorities
- Ersatz Scharnhorst (a replacement for the armoured cruiser Scharnhorst) ordered from Blohm + Voss, Hamburg but not started due to shifting priorities
[edit] References
Conway's All the world's Fighting Ships 1906-1922
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