KMS Seydlitz (Aircraft Carrier) Technical Information

Type: aircraft carrier
Displacement, standard: 14,685 tons
Displacement, full load: 18,285 tons
Length, overall: 212.5m
Beam: 21.9m
Design draught: 7.94
Machinery: AG Weser geared turbines delivering 133,500shp to three shafts
Speed: 33.4 knots
Class: Seydlitz (January 1939, refitted to aircraft carrier 1942)Armament: ten 105mm (5x2) anti-aircraft, eight 37mm and twenty 20mm sponsons on island and deck
Armor: belt 70-80mm, deck 12-50mm
Aircraft: 24, including Me 155 high performance carrier-borne fighters

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