SMS Moltke

Scuttled

Type	Battlecruiser
Class	Moltke
War	First World War
Main guns	10 × 11″ guns

Fought at Dogger Bank; torpedoed by HMS E1 in the Gulf of Riga in 1915; fought at Jutland. Interned at Scapa Flow after the armistice and scuttled there by her crew on 21 June 1919.

Moltke ABD'de; Alman İmparatorluğu'nun büyük kruvazörlerinden Moltke sınıfının birinci gemisi SMS Moltke, Kaiserliche Marine bayrak gemisi olarak ABD'yi ziyaret etmek için 11 Mayıs 1912'de SMS Stettin ve SMS Bremen olmak üzere iki hafif kruvazör ile birlikte Kiel'den hareket etti. 30 Mayıs'ta Common Photo: Harris & Ewing, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

10 × 28 cm (11 in) /50 SK guns
12 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns
12 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) guns
4 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

Belt: 76 to 280 mm (3 to 11 in)
Barbettes: 230 mm (9.1 in)
Gun turrets: 230 mm
Deck: 25 to 76 mm (1 to 3 in)

Builder	Blohm & Voss
Laid down	23 January 1909
Launched	7 April 1910
Commissioned	30 September 1911
Displacement	Design: 22,979 t (22,616 long tons) Full load: 25,400 t (25,000 long tons)
Length	186.6 m (612 ft 2 in)
Speed	Design: 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph)
Complement	43 officers 1,010 men