Ersatz Yorck class battlecruiser

Ersatz Yorck class battlecruiser

The "Ersatz York" class were a group of three battlecruisers ordered for the Imperial German Navy in 1916. They were a slightly enlarged version of the "Mackensen" class battlecruisers, armed with 15 inch guns. The boilers would have been trunked into a single massive funnel. The three ships were originally ordered as part of the "Mackensen" class but the design was changed when details of the British "Admiral" class battlecruisers became known to German intelligence.

hips

* "Ersatz Yorck" (a replacement for the armoured cruiser "Yorck") ordered from AG Vulcan Stettin, laid down in July 1916 but construction was suspended to concentrate on the U-boat programme. The hull frames were subsequently scrapped
* "Ersatz Gneisenau" (a replacement for the armoured cruiser "Gneisenau") ordered from Germaniawerft, Kiel but not started due to shifting priorities
* "Ersatz Scharnhorst" (a replacement for the armoured cruiser "Scharnhorst") ordered from Blohm + Voss, Hamburg but not started due to shifting priorities

References

"Conway's All the world's Fighting Ships 1906-1922"


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