Warship Profile 14 - SMS_Seydlitz

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Seyd/ z coat of arms . (Three fishes in red ; background silver)

SMS'Seydlitz ' : Operational History

28 Aug 1914 Unsuccessful counter-attack against

British battle cruiser formation which

had penetrated the German Bight.

3 Nov 1914 Shelling of Yarmouth (assault'J1').

16 Dec 1914 Shelling of Hartlepool (assault 'J2').

24 Jan 1915 Battle of Dogger Bank (received two

heavy hits, both after turrets burned

out, heavy personnel losses).

25 Apr 1916 Struck a mine during the advance for

the attack on Lowestoft/Yarmouth ;retreated after shipping 1400 tons of

water.

31 May 1916 Battle of Jutland, sinking Queen

Mary, Seydlitz suffered 21 heavy, 2

medium hits, also torpedo hit by

British destroyer Petard, D and E

turrets burned out; in spite of having

shipped more than 5300 tons of water,

returned under own steam sailing

astern; in the end, only 2.5m free-

board forward. Repaired in Wilhelms-

haven; ready for action again 16

Sept 1916.5 Nov 1916 Assault as far as west coast of

Denmark

23 Apr 1918 Assault as far as Stavanger.

24 Nov 1918- Interned at Scapa Flow where she

21 Jun 1919 was scuttled by the crew on 21 Jun

1919.

Raised on 2 Nov 1928.

Broken up in Rosyth by 1930.

COVER PHOTO:Seyd/ z in the lock at Wilhelmshaven after Jutland probably3 June 1916. The guns of the forward turret have already beenremoved by crane Bundesarchiv



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After training on her own for almost a year, Seyd/itz

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which post she held until the spring, 1916. Rear-

Admiral Hipper and his staff moved on board, and

squadron and fleet exercises began. These wereconcluded by the usual training cruise to Norway in

July, but this had to be broken off because of the

increased political tension following the murder of

the Austrian Archduke and his wife.

Conflagration: 1914

When hostilities comm enced in August 1914,

Seyd/itz was rapidly made ready for action. As her

crew was augmented by reservists, quarters

became cramped. No one objected to this, however,

as everybody expected that a decisive naval battle

would be fought very soon, and that the war would

be over'by Christmas'.In actual fact, a very different situation developed.

Admiral von Ingenohl, Commander-in-Chief High

Seas Fleet, was ordered by Emperor William II not

to expose his battlefleet to unnecessary risks, and

consequently the Admiral held back his squadrons.

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not present at the fight, off Heligoland on 28 August

1914, when Beatty's forces attacked German patrols

and sank three light cruisers and one torpedo-boat.

Von Ingenohl at first sent only light cruisers in

Seydlitz seen from the port quarter . The after steering position

and the stern anchor are clearly visible (Bundesarchiv)

The quarter deck of Seyd tz awash at high speed in shallowwater , 1913 (Bundesarchiv)

support, and the larger ships arrived when it was

too late.

The German torpedo-boats were similar to the British

destroyers, but were somewhat smaller and armed

with lighter guns. They were trained more for night

torpedo attack than for daylight action with guns and

torpedoes. (In the account which follows, 'torpedo-boat' will be used exclusively for the German type,

'destroyer' for the British.)

The First Months

The fleet continued to wait at roadsteads, paint-

scraping being the main occupation. This paint was

found to be inflammab le and on the older ships

several layers had accumulated which now had to be

removed. After some weeks, all the battle cruisers

had developed boiler trouble and numerous tubes

had to be replaced. In addition, Seydlitz had to have

a turbine overhauled. As Ingenohl waited until all his

ships were ready again, the fleet did not undertakeany significant operation before November 1914.

By this time, the first phase of the land war was

already over, and had in no way been influenced

by any action on the part of the German fleet. The

attempt to encircle the French armies (the famous

Schlieffen Plan) had been foiled on the river

Marne: both sides were exhausted and had dug

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Heavy cruiser B/uecher and light cruiser, Rostock, and the Fifth Torpedo Boat Flotilla leaving harbour fort he Dogger Bank Operation(23 January 1915) (Author's collection)

coast had been dramatic, but otherwise the results of

the operation were meagre. There had been nothing

very successful on either side. Entering port, the

German armoured cruiser, Yorck, blundered into a

defensive minefield, and sank within a few minutes

with great loss of life.

Reaction of the Grand Fleet

As a direct result of the German action, the main

part of the Grand Fleet returned to Scapa Flow. On

23 November, all available British forces met in the

North Sea half way from the southern tip of Norway,

and proceeded towards Heligoland. In excellent

visibility, an advanced group of arm oured cruisers

and destroyers approached the island next morning.

In the latter part of the night, without being aware of

it, they had followed two Germ an torpedo-boat

flotillas returning from a night sweep to the north-

west. Three days earlier, the German battle cruisers

had made a similar daytime sweep for the benefit of

Derfflinger (26,000 tons, eight 30.5cm guns,

twelve 15cm guns) who had just joined the fleet.

The British ships were sighted at a distance of about

Seydlitz: the third hit from the Hartlepool shore battery. (See

page 31) (BfZ)

20 miles. The German patrols then withdrew, and

the heavy guns of the island fired a few rounds.

This was the only time they were used on live

targets during the whole war. The distance was

too great for rapid hits and the British withdrew.

The German C.-in-C. limited his countermeasures to

pursuing them with two torpedo-boat flotillas. He

gave his orders too late and nothing came of it. He

made plans, however, for another raid on the English

coast, in spite of the fact that at the end of November

military correspondents were already speculating on

such a move, possibly combined with an attempt at

landing troops. Some German papers took up this

disturbing piece of news, but von Ingenohl did

not cancel his plans.

The Second Sortie against the English Coast:

15 December 1914

Owing to bad weather, this operation could not

start before the morning of 15 December, when the

Scouting Forces (5 battle-cruisers including Blue-

cher, 4 light cruisers, 2 torpedo-boat flotillas) put to

sea again led by Admiral Hipper in Seydlitz. After a

few hours, they were again followed by the battle

fleet (14 modern and 8 old battleships), screened by

a large number of cruisers and torpedo-boats.

The B ritish W /T intelligence quickly located the

Scouting Forces leaving port, but not the battle fleet.

Admiral Jellicoe alerted the Second Battle Squadron

(6 ships under Admiral Warrender) at Scapa Flow

and the battle cruisers at Cromarty. They met in the

North Sea and proceeded to a rendezvous about

100 miles due east of Flamborough Head. This putthem exactly on the line of the German retreat.

Admiral Hipper had orders to bombard Hartlepool,

Whitby and Scarborough. Shortly after midnight, he

passed a few m iles ahead of the British battle

cruisers, who were steering a course at right angles

to his own. Both sides continued in blissful

ignorance of the narrow shave they had shared.

Just before dawn, the Fouth Destroyer Flotilla on

the left wing of the British force became involved

with torpedo-boats screening to starboard ahead of

the German battleships. Several short actions

ensued, some British destroyers being slightly

damaged; a German light cruiser received a singlehit, and the German battle fleet turned away to the

south-east and east. Again the heavy ships did not

clash, and neither side enjoyed a c lear picture of the

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The armoured cruiser, Bluecher, capsizing during the Battle of the Dogger Bank, 24J an uary 1915 (Author's collection)

The German light cruisers and torpedo-boats who

were sent back because of the gale, would have run

head-on into Bea tty's battle cruisers, but for an

advanced screen of British light cruisers. In bad

visibility and between rain squalls, the Germans first

sighted Southampton, the flagship of CommodoreGoodenough, and immediately afterwards,

Birmingham. Both sides opened intermittent fire,

and the Germans turned south and increased speed

as much as possible. No hits were registered

because accurate gunnery was impossible in the

heavily rolling ships.

When Beatty saw Southampton opening fire, he

also turned south, but soon west again because

he correctly expected the German battle cruisers

from that direction. Southampton and Birmingham

then carried out a signal not in fact intended for

them, and again took station ahead of their battle

cruisers.In this way, contact was lost with the German light

The Emperor Wilhelm II inspecting Seydlitz after the Battle ofthe Dogger Bank (Bundesarchiv)

forces, who hauled round to an easterly course

again, and so narrowly avoided steering into the

Second Battle Squadron. They passed the heavy

ships on opposite courses at a distance of not more

than 7-8000 metres. By using the British recognition

signal, and with the help of rain squalls, the German

ships succeeded in disappearing from sight before

their identity became clear to Admiral Warrender.

He at once turned after them, but his battleships

were too slow to catch the light forces.

An Interesting Conjecture

It is impossible to say what would have been the

outcome if the two vastly different adversaries had

run directly into each other, the battleships pitching

heavily in the short steep seas, while the light cruisers

and torpedo-boats rolled and yawed. Would the

60 heavy guns have prevailed in the few minutes of

contact, or would the same number of torpedoesand the fire of many light guns have been decisive?

The battle-cruiser, Moltke, 19 August 1915: torpedo hit (seepage 41) (Author's collection)

32



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Seyd/ z after mining 24 Apri11916. (No explanation of the four - figure numerals is possible)

the Harwich Force under Commodore Tyrwhitt.

With 5 battle-cruisers, 7 light cruisers and 34

destroyers, the British were considerably stronger

than the Germans.

A f@w m inutes after 8 am, Kolberg and Aurorasighted each other and opened fire. Both ships were

hit and both turned away to keep in touch with their

neighbours. The German ship was anxious to avoid

coming w ithin range of the destroyers; and theBritish ship, within range of the torpedo-boats.

It was not yet full daylight, and Admiral Hipper first

turned towards the direction of Kolberg, but he could

Seyd/itzfiring seen from the conning tower of her next - astern

(Bundesarchiv)

see only gun flashes against the dark horizon.

After receiving several reports on various groups of

enemy ships, he turned away to gain time to form a

clearer picture of the situation.

He gave orders to the light cruisers and torpedo-

boats to take up station at the head of the line and to

decrease their smoke. Although his speed never

exceeded 21 knots, it proved difficult for the coal-

burning torpedo-boats to execute both orders

together.

Admiral Beatty followed on the starboard quarter of

the German line, and increased speed from 24 to

(Bundesarchiv)

34



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Seyd/itz off Wilhelmshaven, 2 June 191 6, tug and salvage steamer alongside

about 28 knots, which his older battle cruisers were

unable to maintain. The distance decreased slowly,and the British ships started firing at 10 00.

Observation was very difficult, because a light wind

from the east-north-east blew a dense pall of smoke

in the direction of the British line. This was particu-

larly unfavourable for the German gunnery, but

Admiral Hipper decided to continue on this course.

The concentration of British ships was proof that

the German plan had somehow leaked out, and

that in all probability the Grand Fleet would not be

far away. (Actually, although at sea, it was then

150 miles from the scene of action.) Hipper therefore

had to try to gain time for his C.-in-C. to collect

whatever was available of the battlefleet to come tohis support.

In the meantime large silhouettes loomed over the

horizon, and after some time, five battle cruisers

could be distinguished, led by Lion, formed in

Seyd/itz entering the Jade river after Jutland. From left to right:

the pilot, Captain von Egidy, and the Officer of the Watch(injured) (BfZ)

(B un desarchiv )

quarter-line to port. Their fire, which they opened at

a distance of 20,000m, was slow and deliberate. Atfirst the Germans could not reply because the range

was too great, but the British rapidly approached.

When at 1011 Hipper hoisted the signal to open fire,

only Derfflinger could comply with her 30.5cm

battery. Immediately afterwards, Bluecher received

the first hit on her fo'c' sle, but without significant

damage. Distances now decreased, but were never

less than 1 4,500m, and on average around 1 6,000m.

DISASTER STRIKES ' SEYDLITZ'

Now Seyd/itz received a shell on the fo'c'sle, and

Tiger and Lion were also hit. Nevertheless, all ships

continued to fire and to steam at high speed.At 1043 Seydlitz was hit again, but this time with

disastrous consequences. A 34.3cm shell pierced

the barbette of the aftermost turret, and ignited some

cartridges in the ammunition hoists (see plan).

The crew in the loading chamber tried to escape. The

flash passed through the open bulkhead door to the

amm unition hoists of the next (superimposed)

turret. Within seconds, 6000kg of powder caught

fire, and flames shot mast high from both turrets.

These were silenced and all their crews, 165 men

being killed.

To the men on the bridges of the following ships and

of Seyd/itz herself, the fate of the flagship seemed

to be sealed. Because he felt that she might blow

up at any moment, her gunnery officer ordered

Rapid fire"forthe remaining guns. Every 10 seconds

a salvo now left the stricken ship.

In the meantime, down below, the Warrant Officer

in charge of damage control and some of his assis-

tants groped their way through heat and poisonous

fumes to the valves for flooding the magazines.

Already the large valves for operating them were

red-hot, but the men nevertheless opened them,

burning their hands severely. Sea water rushed in,

and the immediate danger to the ship was over.

The flames flickered over the two turrets and then

disappeared, leaving smoke and steam pouring out

of the blackened gun embrasures, while the watchers

on the bridges shouted their relief.

The fierce fight continued, Lion being hit repeatedly,

38





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Holds

Large torpedo flat

athwartships)

ey litz state on 31 May 1916 at 2300hrs after Battle of Jutland. Water in ship 2626 tons. Draught forward deeper by 254m.

Draught aft deeper by O 99m. Theoretical list 2° 5 to starboard. Actual real list 2° to starboard.

Compartments flooded

as a counter measure

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ey litz state on 1 June 1916 at 1900 hours. Most unfavourable state. Water in ship 5308 tons, Draught forward deeper by

4.74m. Draught aft deeper by 1.63m. Theoret ical list 2° 5 to port. Actual real list 8° to port.

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Seyd/ z after Jutland hit No 4 on the fo'c'sle

(Bundesarchiv )

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(Bundesarchiv)

Seyd/itz after Jutland: hit No. 6 and torpedo hit. Treffer=hit

(Bundesarchiv)

Seyd/itz after Jutland : hit No. 5, below decks. The Armoureddeck has been pierced (Bundesarchiv)

Seyd/itz after Jutland: hit No. 6. Langaaplitterschott=longitudinal splinter proof bulkhead. Sprengpunkt?=burstingpoint? Gepanzertes Batteriedeck=armoured battery deck.Kasemattpanzerquerschott=armoured transverse bulkhead ofcasemate (Bundesarchiv)

Seyd/itz after Jutland torpedo hit under the fo'c'sle , port side

Bundesarchiv



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Seydlitz after Jutland: C turret (super-imposed), rear andfront (Bundesarchiv)

was evident from the submarine activity and from a

special code word signalled to the High Seas Fleet

that something was in the wind.

In cool spring weather with a light breeze from the

west, the two German groups moved northwards,

with light cruisers and torpedo-boats screening

ahead. Meanwhile the British Battle Fleet steered

roughly east-south-east from Scapa Flow. The Battle

Cruiser Force sailed from the Firth of Forth until

1415. It then turned north as pre-arranged to meet

the Battle Fleet.

At a distance of about 40 miles, on slightly converg-

Seyd/itz after Jutland : hit on gun of E (port) turret

(Bundesarchiv)

en ey s g e eac o er, pper urne sou

east to draw Beatty towards the main German fleet.

Hipper had 5 battle cruisers, while Beatty had 6

battle cruisers with 4 fast and powerful battleships

of the Queen Elizabeth class somewhat in the rear.

This gave Hipper the lee gauge and made conditions

perfect for the gunnery of his ships; the Germans

steamed in line-ahead. Beatty, eager for the fight,

approached in quarterline at such an angle that he

passed quickly through the range most advantageous

for his heavier guns. At 1548 the range had fallen

to about 15,000m, and both sides opened fire

almost simultaneously.

Seyd/itz fought a duel with Queen Mary, and, at theend of the line, von der Tann engaged Indefatigable.

Lion, Princess Royal and Tiger were all soon hit,and Seyd/itz then received two shells. Again

C-barbette was hit, and C-turret put out of action,

but the safety measures installed after the Battle of

the Dogger Bank confined the damage to the stricken

turret and kept down the losses of its personnel. At

1600, Lion received a similar hit but was saved

by Major Harvey of the Royal Marines, the turret

commander who, although mortally wounded,

ordered the magazines to be flooded.

Three minutes later, Indefatigable was squarely hit

by two salvoes in quick succession and blew up.However, the Fifth Battle Squadron now found the

range with their 38cm guns and subjected the rear

of the German line to a well-directed fire. Fumes and

smoke, also coming from the cruisers and the

destroyers, made observation very difficult. Tiger

fired several salvoes at Seyd/itz, when a shell from

Queen Mary put a 1 5cm casemate out of action.

Derrflinger then mistook Queen Mary for the second

ship and, at distances decreasing to 13,000m, a

number of salvoes from the two German ships found

their target on the Queen Mary. At 1627 she blew up,

turned over and disappeared with her propellers

still turning.Destroyers of the Thirteenth F lotilla and torpedo-

boats of the Ninth Flotilla now went into the attack

and met between the battle lines. In the melee that

followed, V27 and V29 were sunk, as well as

Nomad. Nestor was brought to a halt and sunk

shortly afterwards by German battleships. The

main German fleet was now sighted by Southampton

who was stationed ahead of the British battle

cruisers. The long line of German battleships,

surrounded by numerous cruisers and torpedo-boats,

came as a complete surprise to the British. As a

result of faulty intelligence it was believed that the

German battle fleet was still in port. Beatty had toreverse course, and the Fifth Battle Squadron

followed under very heavy fire.

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his divisions away. Scheer ordered a complete

battle turn for the third time, the fleets separated,and the day battle was over.

At dusk there was a short contact, and Seydlitz

was hit again. Then, on a lmost parallel southerly

courses, both fleets took up night cruising forma-

tions, the Grand Fleet by divisions, with destroyers

behind. The High Seas Fleet formed a somewhat

straggling line ahead, which literally hacked its

way through the British destroyers. The torpedo-

boats searched in vain for the British battleships.Seydlitz was too damaged to keep station andproceeded on her own.

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guns were out of action, and one third of her elec-

trical capacity gone. Cables, leads, ducts, and vents

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water slowly gained, and the forward part of theship sank deeper into the sea. Speed had to be

consequently reduced. On the way to Horns Reef

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night, which were soon recognised as British

battleships.

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Seydlitz from above: her turrets are ready to open fire on abearing of Green 120. September 1918 (Bundesarchiv)

included in the 16 heavy ships interned at Scapa

Flow, together with 8 light cruisers and 50 torpedo-

boats. With most of these ships, Seydlitz was

scuttled by her skeleton crew on 21 June 1919.

After two hours she capsized and sank. Nine years

later she was raised, towed away and broken up.

A heavy cruiser launched in 1939 was also named

Seyd/itz, but never finished. The men of the old

battle cruiser who are still alive continue to keepin touch with each other and to cherish the memory

of their well-loved Seyd/itz.

SMS SEYDLITZ

Fiscal Year authorised

Builder

Laid down

Launching

Date of Commissioning

Construction costs

1909

Blohm Voss, Hamburg4.2.1911

30.3.1912

22.5.1913

44.6 million gold marks

Dimensions : Length overall 200m

Draught:Beam 28 5m

With 1000 tons coal 824m

With 3600 tons coal (total fuel capacity)9m

Complement : (Including A dmiral s Staff) 1143Armour Plating : Quarterdeck 150/1 50m m

Side armour 0-100, 300,100mm

Citadel 265mmHorizontal armour Upper deck and armoured deck 30-80mmplating : with chamfers 50mmUnderwater protection : Torpedo bulkhead 45mm

SA:

B a r bettes 250 m m

Turrets 250-70mm

MA:Casemates 1 50mm

Turret mast, forward 300mm

Turret mast, aft 200mm

Machinery : 2x marine turbines on 4 propellers

27 marine boilers (coal)

Output 67,000s.h.p.

Speed 26 5kn (during trials 89,738s.h.p.=29'12kn)Armament : 10 x 28cm naval guns L/50 etc as Moltke class (q.v.)

12x15cm naval guns

L/45 in casemates

12, later 10, then from 1916 none x8 8cm naval guns

From 1916, 2x88cm

4x50cm torpedo tubes (1 port-stern, 2 side, 1 bow, allsubmerged)

With this single-ship class, the design of which wascompleted at the beginning of 1910, the conception of

Seyd/ z scuttled at Scapa Flow

Warship Series Editor: JOHN WING

the Mo/tke class was maintained. With the

ment in the same arrangement, the spe

increased by 1 knot, which resulted in

stability. The correctness of this design twice during the war. Finally the imp

worthiness should be mentioned; a visible

was the increased height of the foredeck b

as compared with her predecessors.

From 1914, spotter-top on foremast. On re

8 8cm naval guns, their gun-ports etc wshut. After that, 8 8cm HA on raised

Towards the end, the heavy derricks were s

upper deck and a light derrick was fittedventilator.

SMS SEYDLITZ : Operational History

28August 1914 Unsuccessful counter-attack aga

battle cruiser formation which had pe

German Bight.

3 November 1914 S helling of Yarmouth (assault'J1').

16 December 1914 Shelling of Hartlepool (assault'J2').

24 January 1915 Battle of Dogger Bank (received two

both after turrets burned out, heavlosses).

25April 1916 Struck a mine during the advance for

on Lowestoft/Yarmouth; retreated a

1400 tons of water.

31 M ay1916 B attle of Jutland, sinking Queen Msuffered 21 heavy, 2 medium hits,

hit by British destroyer Petard, D aburned out; in spite of having shthan 5300 tons of water, returnedsteam sailing astern; in the end

freeboard forward.

Repaired in Wilhelmshaven ; readagain 16 September 1916.

5 November 1916 Assault as far as west coast of Denma

23 April 1918 Assault as far as Stavanger.24 November 1918- Interned at Scapa Flow where she wa

21 June 1919 the crew on 21 June 1919.

Raised on 2 November 1928.Broken up in Rosyth by 1930.



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