SMS Blücher was the last armored cruiser built by the German Empire. She was designed to match what German intelligence incorrectly believed to be the...
42 KB (5,136 words) - 20:57, 25 October 2024
Blücher was forced to resign by Frederick the Great for insubordination. He worked as a farmer until the death of Frederick in 1786, when Blücher was...
51 KB (5,162 words) - 04:42, 9 October 2024
SMS Blücher was a Bismarck-class corvette built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the late 1870s. The Bismarck-class corvettes were...
16 KB (1,868 words) - 17:45, 4 May 2024
subsequently annihilated at the Battle of the Falkland Islands on 8 December. SMS Blücher was the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial Navy. She was...
27 KB (1,999 words) - 17:10, 14 February 2024
Immediately upon entering service, Blücher was assigned to the task force that supported the invasion of Norway in April 1940. Blücher served as the flagship of...
25 KB (2,939 words) - 13:23, 29 October 2024
Kapitänleutnant Ernst Kyller, SMS Blücher Karl Michael Vogler as Kapitän zur See Heinrich Graf von Kleine, SMS Blücher Maurice Denham as Mr Smythe Jean...
14 KB (1,572 words) - 23:29, 9 October 2024
British shells straddled Blücher. The British fire was concentrated on the battlecruiser Seydlitz at the head of the line and Blücher at the rear. With five...
36 KB (4,533 words) - 04:16, 2 April 2024
developed in the years before World War I that armed the armored cruiser SMS Blücher of the Imperial German Navy. During World War I spare guns were converted...
5 KB (408 words) - 04:57, 22 August 2024
Other incidents 23 Jan: Republic, Florida 29 Feb: Kaiser Wilhelm II 14 Jul: HMS C16, HMS C17 21 Dec: Watt Unknown date: America, SMS Blücher 1908 1910...
4 KB (283 words) - 04:40, 27 October 2024
Several vessels have been named Blucher for Field Marshal Prince Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, who had helped defeat Napoleon at the Battle of Leipzig...
3 KB (505 words) - 13:40, 18 June 2024
SMS G39 SMS G40 SMS G41 SMS G42 SMS V43 SMS V44 SMS V45 SMS V46 SMS V47 SMS V48 SMS S49 SMS S50 SMS S51 SMS S52 SMS S53 SMS S54 SMS S55 SMS S56 SMS S57...
21 KB (2,224 words) - 22:06, 27 May 2024
aboard SMS Blücher, from January to May 1888. In May 1888, Scheer returned to the East Africa Squadron as a torpedo officer aboard the corvette SMS Sophie...
26 KB (3,366 words) - 11:51, 29 July 2024
cruiser," in historian Robert K. Massie's words, was the German ship SMS Blücher. An enlarged version of the Scharnhorst class with a speed of 24.25 knots...
63 KB (9,009 words) - 16:28, 15 August 2024
promoted to Lieutenant in 1895. He served on board SMS Mars, SMS Blücher, SMS Panther, SMS Mecklenburg and SMS Westfalen from 1897 to 1902. He was an excellent...
9 KB (936 words) - 20:18, 7 June 2024
class Ersatz Yorck class Mackensen class Derfflinger class SMS Seydlitz Moltke class SMS Von der Tann Displacement: 5,652 tons Armament: 8 x 24 cm guns...
75 KB (9,879 words) - 17:31, 14 February 2024
stranded off Thyborøn in 1868 while carrying the crown prince CSS Arkansas SMS Blücher, a German heavy cruiser; sunk at the Battle of Dogger Bank in 1915 Texan...
10 KB (1,160 words) - 00:41, 28 August 2024
Reuter SMS Blücher (sunk): F.Kapt. Alexander Erdmann 2nd Scouting Group (II. Aufklärungsgruppe) (light cruisers) Konteradmiral Georg Hebbinghaus SMS Graudenz...
14 KB (939 words) - 00:29, 31 October 2024
I Scouting Group at the Battle of Dogger Bank. Following the loss of SMS Blücher at the Battle of Dogger Bank, the Kaiser removed Ingenohl from his post...
35 KB (4,584 words) - 21:07, 25 October 2024
armoured cruiser sunk with all hands at the Battle of Coronel, 734 dead. SMS Blücher, 24 January 1915, German armoured cruiser, sunk at the Battle of Dogger...
26 KB (3,178 words) - 23:27, 10 September 2024
(1900) Armored cruiser SMS Prinz Adalbert (1901) Armored cruiser SMS Roon (1903) Armored cruiser SMS Blücher (1908) Light cruiser SMS Augsburg (1909) Kaiser-class...
3 KB (261 words) - 03:40, 23 January 2024
the engagement and turned back toward Germany. Following the loss of SMS Blücher at the Battle of Dogger Bank in January 1915, the Kaiser removed Ingenohl...
31 KB (3,764 words) - 10:32, 21 October 2024
Other incidents 23 Jan: Republic, Florida 29 Feb: Kaiser Wilhelm II 14 Jul: HMS C16, HMS C17 21 Dec: Watt Unknown date: America, SMS Blücher 1908 1910...
14 KB (1,313 words) - 14:25, 13 October 2024
confusion caused the ships to solely target Blücher, allowing Moltke, Seydlitz, and Derfflinger to escape. Blücher was hit by more than 70 shells from the...
50 KB (6,395 words) - 11:00, 7 April 2024
German cruiser SMS Blücher sinks in the Battle of Dogger Bank on 25 January 1915....
136 KB (12,103 words) - 12:08, 2 November 2024
Other incidents 23 Jan: Republic, Florida 29 Feb: Kaiser Wilhelm II 14 Jul: HMS C16, HMS C17 21 Dec: Watt Unknown date: America, SMS Blücher 1908 1910...
15 KB (1,543 words) - 11:59, 11 March 2024
and turned the battle fleet back toward Germany. Following the loss of SMS Blücher at the Battle of Dogger Bank in January 1915, the Kaiser removed Ingenohl...
39 KB (4,866 words) - 00:55, 21 October 2024
Depending on the configurations of ships, such as HMS Dreadnought but not SMS Blücher, the wing turrets could fire fore and aft, so this somewhat reduced the...
53 KB (6,931 words) - 16:58, 16 June 2024
SMS Scharnhorst Class overview Name Scharnhorst-class cruiser Operators Imperial German Navy Preceded by Roon class Succeeded by SMS Blücher Built 1905–1908...
24 KB (2,771 words) - 13:13, 7 April 2024
Other incidents 23 Jan: Republic, Florida 29 Feb: Kaiser Wilhelm II 14 Jul: HMS C16, HMS C17 21 Dec: Watt Unknown date: America, SMS Blücher 1908 1910...
9 KB (854 words) - 22:02, 23 August 2023
Other incidents 23 Jan: Republic, Florida 29 Feb: Kaiser Wilhelm II 14 Jul: HMS C16, HMS C17 21 Dec: Watt Unknown date: America, SMS Blücher 1908 1910...
48 KB (6,224 words) - 07:44, 31 October 2024