"O-Class"
General Characteristics
Displacement:	35,400 tons design
Length:	795'
Beam:	90'
Draft (max.):	25'
Armament:	Guns 6x15" 6x5.9" 8x105mm AA 12x37mm AA 20x20mm AA 6x21" torpedo tubes
Armor:	6" belt 3" deck 8" turrets 1" torpedo bulkhead
Aircraft:	Unknown
Radar:	Unknown
Propulsion:	Unknown
Speed:	35 kts maximum
Range:	12,000 nautical miles at 16 kts
Crew:	1,500

"O Class" Battlecruisers In addition to the battleships of the H-Class, a group of 12 new armored ships (Kreuzer P Class), successors to the famous Admiral Graf Spee , Admiral Scheer and Lützow , were part of the Plan Z fleet. The design studies for the three battlecruisers of the O-class were simultaneous started to those of the new Panzerschiff design (Kreuzer P) in 1937. Download high resolution version (1015x609, 145 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... A nautical mile is a unit of distance, or, as physical scientists like to call it, length. ... The H-39 design was a type of battleship proposed by Nazi Germany before the outbreak of World War Two. ... Panzerschiff Kreuzer P Class In 1938 the first design studies for a Panzerschiff successor were made. ... Admiral Graf Spee was a pocket battleship (Panzerschiff, later changed to heavy cruiser) launched by Germany in 1934 and named after the World War I Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee. ... Admiral Scheer, a pocket battleship, was built in 1933 and named after Admiral Reinhard Scheer. ... ... Plan Z was the name given to the planned re-equipment and expansion of the Kriegsmarine from 1935 onwards. ... HMS Invincible, one of Britains first battlecruisers Battlecruisers were large warships of the early 20th century. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1939 it was considered to replace three of the Panzerschiff with the same number of this new battle cruisers. Construction orders were given to Deutsche Werke, Kiel, the Kriegsmarinewerft in Wilhelmshaven and the Germaniawerft in Kiel in the same year, but none of the ships were started. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Pocket battleship is the British Royal Navy description for a class of warships built by German Reichsmarine in accordance with restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. ... Deutsche Werke Aktiengesellschaft is the name of a German conglomerate known for the A-Werk Erfurt pistol, submarines, and other assorted weaponry. ... Kiel ( ) is a city in northern Germany and the capital of the Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein. ... Wilhelmshaven is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... The Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft was a German shipyard and one of the largest and most important builders of U-boats for the Kriegsmarine in the World War II-era. ... Kiel ( ) is a city in northern Germany and the capital of the Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein. ...

Those ships were planed with the idea of commerce war in mind. Therefore, they should get a mixed propulsion system, diesel engines for long range medium speed cruises and additional turbines for high speed combat action.. The main task for this kind of battlecruisers was to engage enemy convoys and destroy transports and cargo ships. The diesel engine is a type of internal combustion engine; more specifically, a compression ignition engine, in which the fuel is ignited by the high temperature of a compressed gas, rather than a separate source of energy (such as a spark plug). ...

But in difference to the heavy protected H-Class battleships, those battlecruisers had armor protection of a cruiser only. So it's very doubtful that one of this ships would have been able to attack a well protected allied convoy.

Schlachtkreuzer O

• Laid down: Deutsche Werke Kiel (projected)

Schlachtkreuzer P Deutsche Werke Aktiengesellschaft is the name of a German conglomerate known for the A-Werk Erfurt pistol, submarines, and other assorted weaponry. ... Kiel ( ) is a city in northern Germany and the capital of the Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein. ...

• Laid down: Kriegsmarienweft Wilhelmshaven (projected)

Schlachtkreuzer Q Wilhelmshaven is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. ...

• Laid down: Germaniawerft Kiel (projected)

The Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft was a German shipyard and one of the largest and most important builders of U-boats for the Kriegsmarine in the World War II-era. ... Kiel ( ) is a city in northern Germany and the capital of the Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein. ...

See also

• Plan Z