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Photo # NH 59637: Badly damaged German battle cruiser Seydlitz en route to port after the battle of Jutland.

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- SHIPS of the GERMAN NAVY --

SMS Seydlitz (Battle Cruiser, 1913-1919) --
Combat Damage


This page features views of damage received by the German battle cruiser Seydlitz in the 1 June 1916 battle of Jutland.

For other images related to this ship, see:

  • SMS Seydlitz (Battle Cruiser, 1913-1919).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 59637

    SMS Seydlitz
    (German Battle Cruiser, 1913-1919)

    Badly damaged but underway while en route to port after the battle of Jutland, circa 1-2 June 1916.
    Note that her bows are nearly submerged due to torpedo and shell hits forward.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 2407

    SMS Seydlitz
    (German Battle Cruiser, 1913-1919)

    In port for battle damage repairs after the Battle of Jutland. Photographed on 6 June 1916, after the guns had been removed from her forward gun turret.
    Note her list to port and the nearly submerged condition of her bow.
    The inscription in the upper left is a German security warning notice.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 104KB; 560 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 2412

    SMS Seydlitz
    (German Battle Cruiser, 1913-1919)

    View of damage to her port bow, including a missing section of side armor plate, taken in drydock in June 1916 following the battle of Jutland.
    The inscription in the upper left is a German security warning notice.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 114KB; 545 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 2413

    SMS Seydlitz
    (German Battle Cruiser, 1913-1919)

    View of torpedo damage to her hull, forward, taken in drydock in June 1916 following the battle of Jutland.
    Note the effect that the armor belt (at top) had in limiting the upward extent of the hole.
    The inscription in the upper left is a German security warning notice.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 140KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     

    For other images related to this ship, see:

  • SMS Seydlitz (Battle Cruiser, 1913-1919).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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