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Seydlitz

Ship Name

Seydlitz

Ship Type

Battle-cruiser

Flotilla (Destroyers only)

–

Tonnage (Reuter RM/8/1311)

25,000

Sinking Time

13:50

Sunk or beached

sunk

Salvaged

Y

Purchase Details

Sold 25.9.24 by Admiralty for £3,000 to Cox and Danks. Sold to Metal Industries for £64,000 (Buxton p.17).

Breaking Up

Towed by Seefalke, Parnass and Pontos. Arrived Rosyth 11.5.29. Demolition started 12.6.29.

Wreck Details

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Salvage Co.

Cox & Danks

Salvage Year

1929

Salvage Month

Nov

Date raised (George)

2.11.28

Launched

13.2.12

Builder

Blohm und Voss, Hamburg

Comments

Tonnage 25,000 (Buxton p.18 puts dispacement at 24,000)Date of raising also given as 1.11.28