SMS Yorck

Sunk

Type	Armoured cruiser
War	First World War
Main guns	4 × 8.3″ guns

Armoured cruiser. On 4 November 1914, the day after the Yarmouth raid, she went off course in fog near the Jade, ran into a German defensive minefield and struck two mines. At least 235 men were killed.

Title: YORCK (German Armored Cruiser, 1905-1914) Caption: Photographed by A. Renard of Kiel, Germany, passing under the Levensau Bridge along the Kiel Canal in a print dated about 1910 (The photograph may date from earlier). Photo: Arthur Renard, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

4 × 21 cm (8.3 in) SK L/40 guns
10 × 15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/40 guns
14 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/35 guns
4 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

Belt: 80–100 mm (3.1–3.9 in)
Turrets: 150 mm (5.9 in)
Deck: 40–60 mm (1.6–2.4 in)

Builder	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Laid down	25 April 1903
Launched	14 May 1904
Commissioned	21 November 1905
Displacement	Normal: 9,533 t (9,382 long tons) Full load: 10,266 t (10,104 long tons)
Length	127.80 m (419 ft 3 in)
Speed	20.4 knots (37.8 km/h; 23.5 mph)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

14 May 1904

Fate

Sunk

Sunk accidentally by German mines, 4 November 1914