SMS Blücher [a] was the last armored cruiser built by the German Empire. She was designed to match what German intelligence incorrectly believed to be the specifications of the British Invincible -class battlecruisers.

Blücher was the second of five Admiral Hipper -class heavy cruisers of Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine (lit. 'War Navy'), built after the rise of the Nazi Party and the repudiation of the Treaty of Versailles.

Dec 31, 2017 · Fighting at the Battle of Dogger Bank, SMS Blücher was fatally battered by a whole line of battlecruisers and sank after an heroic resistance allowing other Hipper’s fleet to escape. Despite her alledged light protection she proved extremely hard to sink.

Jun 8, 2022 · SMS Blücher was the last armored cruiser built by the German Empire. She was designed to match the British Invincible-class battlecruisers. Blücher was larger than preceding armored cruisers and carried heavier guns.

SMS Blucher Class (ACR-1909-10) Back to Germanic States Navy page: The Blucher was a reduced version of the Nassau Class battleships, the 11" guns being replaced with 8.2". A few knots extra speed gave a modern armoured cruiser which was an advance over the previous Scharnhorst class.

Apr 13, 2021 · Blücher was the last Armoured Cruiser built by Germany. Compared to her predecessors, she was a modern-looking design incorporating a main armament of twelve 21-cm guns in turrets arranged in a lozenge pattern.

SMS Blücher was the last armored cruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine. She was built as a response to what German intelligence at the time believed were the specifications of the British Invincible class battlecruisers.

SMS Blücher was a Bismarck-class corvette built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the late 1870s.

Basing their specifications on those released for the new British ship, SMS Blücher was designed with twelve 210mm (8.3") guns in six twin turrets in a hexagonal layout that served as the prototype for contemporary German battleships.

Nov 17, 2007 · SMS Blucher was the first German armoured cruiser built after HMS Dreadnought had revolutionised naval construction. She was a dramatic improvement on previous German armoured cruisers, and closely resembled a stretched version of the first German dreadnoughts (the Nassau class).