Pretty german ships no match for the mighty Royal Navy.

It is actually very difficult to build an UGLY ship. Each, or almost each one of them had, has or shall have her beauty, be it the old Jeanne d'Arc or our Polish B-54 type freighter. To me THEY ALL ARE BEAUTIFUL, some being additionally decorated or honoured with wonderful names, like Dar Pomorza, Batory, Victory, Hood, Scharnhorst, Enterprise, Gorch Fock, Aurora or Yamato. World of ships is the world of beauty. 😊👍

@@WojciechWachniewski-st1zm Eh. Just look at most british ships. Not exactly lookers.

​@@phil3114Das ist eine Sache des guten Geschmacks.Schauen sie sich die Iron Duke oder die Lion an. Dagegen sehen die deutschen Linienschiffe wie Holzbaumodelle aus. Und dass obwohl sie gute Kampfstärke Schiffe waren.

They can. Get into scale modeling. ❤❤❤

They can - virtually.

The KMS BLUCHER in WW2 lost in the Drobak Sound must be in a similar category.

@@davidmurphy8190WW2 Blücher was sunk much sooner than WW1 Lützow. Drobak sound was her very first (and last) combat experience.

​@@davidmurphy8190Nein das war ein schwerer Kreuzer.

@@HereNowOOO no, German battlecruisers on multiple occasions went close to shore and bombarded costal towns. Though I do wonder if any shells from Jutland landed in Denmark

They were better gunners? What version of history have you read pal. You should read the books on shell hits the high seas fleet sustained. Their navy mutinied and refused to sail again after 1916. Read up your history pal

That was big mistake for sure on the armor, and I should have used designated instead of named in the intro. Always appreciate your help with German.

230mm upper belt and 300mm main belt tappered down to 100-150mm. The Derfflinger class was as good protected as battleships from the same timeline. Many people say that the Queen Elizabeth class was the first true fast battleships, some other people say this merits go to the Derfflinger class. Here you can see the armour layout: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derfflinger-class_battlecruiser

@@carstenlaun1026 If you'd like an even better depiction of the armor, it can be found in German Battlecruisers of World War One by Gary Staff. I have a link to the book in the description and it paints a great picture!

"Ersatz" simply means "replacement". Thus SMS Lutzow was known as Ersatz Kaiserin Augusta, or replacement for SMS Kaiserin Augusta, before she was officially named.

@@carstenlaun1026Drach says that, although the armor thickness was roughly equivalent, the armor belt of German battlecruisers was shorter than on the battleships.

Thank you!

By the definition of scuttling as a deliberate act of sinking your own ship. I’d argue in the end she was. Granted the 25 hits along the way certainly were the main contributing factor. However, with the death blow coming from two torpedoes fired from G38, a German torpedo boat at the orders of captain of Harder of Lutzow. While she did loose a large number of men, 128 to be exact, a large portion of these were from injuries sustained in the battle. Namely when the dressing stations were hit. With several of the men surviving the return trip to Germany only to die in hospitals there.

@@ImportantNavalHistory Hi, and thanks for the excellent film. My grandfather was at the Somme and came back wounded on the first day - luckily enough for him and me ... Along with three machine gun bullets in his left arm, he also brought back a "grabendolch" - a trench knife - which I think would have been made as a souvenir on the Lutzow. It's well made, but crudely stamped letter by letter. Having been in the Royal Navy myself (on the recent HMS Invincible bizarrely enough), I'm pretty sure it's one of the many souvenirs the "stokers" make for extra pocket money I don't know how my grandfather came to own it, and what happened to its unfortunate previous owner, but the likelihood is that it belonged to one of the thousand or so crew who survived - some of whom were then sent to the Somme. It's a small knife with an astonishing history. I've put photos of it at flodden.house/lutzow/1.png and flodden.house/lutzow/2.png Thanks, Robbie

I’m curious. You’ve commented before along similar lines, and I would like to hear what you would do different?

@@ImportantNavalHistory My Good Sir. If I were you and were trying to make an exciting history channel I would take some lessons in public speaking , storytelling and learn from the experts. Listen to "The History Guy" or Dan Carlin} of Mark Felton" or the Dark Seas Channel. These are people who make history interesting and exciting. Not dull and boring like you do. You need to learn better communication and public speaking skills. At the moment you are dry, lifeless, and worst of all Tedious. History is more than statistics. There are dramatic stories to be told and you are not telling them. Listen to the experts I mentioned and try to learn from them. You and your channel will benefit highly.

@@drharmonica Well I appreciate the civil comment. I agree my delivery could use work, and if you go back to older videos it certainly has improved. As for the style of content, I am not trying to go for the flashy style that channels like Dark Seas presents where they use footage completely unrelated to the topic at hand. My content isn't for everyone, and that is completely fine.

@@ImportantNavalHistory I quite agree that the Dark Channels videos films are highly inaccurate but accuracy aside his audio delivery is very well done. His films are often taken from the wrong wars but his narration is excellent.

@@drharmonica Don't make laugh! fcuking experts, my arse. All these channels are for entertainment, not studying for a university degree. If you want experts, then read published authors who have spent years studying official records and archives. Fcuk me sideways.........