Germany's prewar battlecruiser sequence was one Von der Tann, two Moltke-class ships, the single Seydlitz, and three Derfflinger-class ships. That one-two-one-three pattern makes the fourth ship difficult to classify as a routine repeat. Seydlitz might be a halfway design, a test of ideas for the next generation, or a category of her own. This opening gives the fleet-building context for her place between the Moltke and Derfflinger generations.
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Germany's one-two-one-three battlecruiser sequence
One Von der Tann, two Moltke-class ships, one Seydlitz, and three Derfflinger-class ships frame Seydlitz as the pivot in Germany's prewar battlecruiser development.