Yorck Class Battlecruisers Class Overview

Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
747' 4"
Engines:
4 Marine type steam turbines
Beam:
99' 7"
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
30' 5"
Shafts:
4
Displacement:
38,000 full
SHP:
90,000
Speed:
27.3 knots
Crew:
1,227
Range:
5,500 NM @ 14 knots


Armament As Built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
8
15"/45 (38omm)
SK L/45

4 twin turrets
25,370 yards @ 20° (14.4 miles)
12
5.9"/45 (150mm)
SK L/45

single mounts
19,250 yards @ 30°
8
3.46"/45 (88mm)
SK L/45

single mounts
12,900 @ 45°
3
23.6" (600mm)
torpedo tubes


Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Yorck
AG Vulcan
Hamburg, Germany

N/A
N/A
Fate
Scrapped Incomplete
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Ersatz Gneisenau
N/A
N/A
Fate
Scrapped Incomplete
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Ersatz Scharnhorst
N/A
N/A
Fate
Scrapped Incomplete


Class Notes:
All three laid down in 1916 but never completed and scrapped after the war.