MOLTKE German battleships of the Moltke class. Built at Blohm and Voss in Hamburg and launched on the 4th of July
1910, commissioned 30th September 1911 and finally entered service in the German
navy on the 31st of March 1912. Moltke took part in the action at Dogger
bank and it seems she may not have been shoot at t all. But Moltke was torpedoed by the British
Submarine E1 on the 19th August 1915 (being repaired at Hamburg) and during
the Battle of Jutland received damage from
four shell hits. It is noted that she scored nine hits on HMS
Tiger in the first 12 minutes of the battle. In 1916 she had her
3.4 inch guns removed and replaced with Four 3.4 inch AA Guns. In 1917 Moltke took part in operation off the East Baltic
Islands. and in 1918 was torpedoed by Royal Navy Submarine E42. but managed
with a staggering 2,100 tons of water on board, to limp back to
post. On the
24th November 1918 she was interned at Scapa Flow and her crew Scuttled the ship
on the 21st June 1919. raised in June 1927 and scrapped at Rosyth 1928,/1929. It
is interesting to note, that in the German navy the Moltke was always considered
a lucky ship.
Displacement 22, 640 tons, and full load 25,400
tons, Speed: 25.5 knots. range: 4,100 Nautical Miles at 14
Knots. Compliment: 1,107 and in May 1916 upto 1355
Armament: Ten 11 -inch Guns (5 x 2) Twelve 5.9 inch guns. Twelve 3.4
inch guns. Four 20 inch Torpedo tubes. (one in the bow , Two in the
beam and one in the stern. all submerged)
