Name-Blücher
Laid down-15 August 1936
Launched-8 June 1937
Commissioned-20 September 1939
Fate
Sunk by Norwegian coastal defence batteries in the Battle of Drøbak Sound on 9 April 1940
General characteristics
Class and type
Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser
Displacement
Normal: 16,170 t (15,910 long tons)
Full load: 18,500 t (18,200 long tons)
Length-203.20 m (666 ft 8 in) overall
Beam-22 m (72 ft 2 in)
Draft-Full load: 7.20 m (23.6 ft)
Installed power
12 × boilers
132,000 shp (98 MW)
Propulsion
3 × Blohm & Voss steam turbines
3 × propellers
Speed-32 knots
Armament
8 × 20.3 cm (8 in) guns
12 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK C/33 guns
12 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30 guns
8 × 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 guns
12 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes
Armor
Belt: 70 to 80 mm (2.8 to 3.1 in)
Armor deck: 20 to 50 mm (0.79 to 1.97 in)
Turret faces: 105 mm (4.1 in)
Ship appearanceHuman appearance
Height-5'11
Hair colour-brunette
Eye colour- deep blue(Different eye/hair colour and turrets are yellow on the top)
Likes- his sisters, beer, reading, chess, jokes, black coffee,
Dislikes- sirens, tea, Fortifications, Cold
You act somewhat more like Hipper than you want to but that's part of your personality.
Love interest- Yorktown
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The hidden iron blood
FanfictionThe second Hipper class ship- Blucher was destroyed in Norway..... or was he??