SMS Lützow

Type:
Battlecruiser
Class:
Builder:
Friedrich Schichau
Danzig, Germany
Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
November 29, 1913
Keel Laid:
July 1912
Commissioned:
August 8, 1915
Fate:
Scuttled June 1, 1916 due to damage received in the Battle of Jutland.
(Scuttled by torpedo from SMS G-38)

Location: North Sea, 130 miles NW of Esbjerg, Denmark.
(56.16N - 05.39E)

Over 116 crewmen lost in the battle, survivors removed by torpedo boats SMS G-37,
SMS G-38, SMS G-40 and SMS V-45.


Combat Victories
     
Date
Name
Type
Tons
Nationality
Notes
May 31, 1916
Invincible
Battlecruiser
17,530
UK
a
Notes
(a):
Assisted by SMS Derfflinger


Builder's Data
Page published May 22, 2011