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SMS Blücher (1908)

Armoured cruiser of the Imperial German Navy, built as a unique design.

Also searchable as Blucher Armored Cruiser, Blücher Armored Cruiser, SMS Blucher.

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  1. Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:43:35If German armoured cruisers retained 24 cm gunsQ&A
  2. Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:35:12Triple 9.2-inch Invincibles escalate the armored-cruiser raceQ&A
  3. Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...
    1:10:45Why Dogger Bank is the counterfactual's firmest battleChapter
  4. Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...
    1:21:01How a harsher Dogger Bank could prevent JutlandChapter
  5. Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    46:54Blücher against Britain's 9.2-inch cruiser proposalsQ&A
  6. Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction
    37:19Signals intelligence reversed the Dogger Bank ambushChapter
  7. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    50:34Why Beatty's flag signals caused confusion at Dogger BankQ&A
  8. Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?
    39:35Scheer pressed for raids under cautious commandersChapter
  9. Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership
    4:02:07Why Blucher would fare poorly against Harwood at the River PlateQ&A
  10. Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War
    42:33Averof gives Greece a decisive speed optionChapter
  11. The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 9
    43:58Dogger Bank: speed, fire control, and a confused target orderChapter
  12. Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'
    43:50Blücher shows what the Tiger Cub had to beatNotable Point
  13. Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...
    34:42Why Blucher would be outclassedNotable Point
  14. Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...
    56:50Dogger Bank with a faster British forceChapter
  15. Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...
    1:04:24A Coronel-scale German defeat at Dogger BankChapter
  16. Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?
    2:01:16Dogger Bank without the signal that concentrated on BlucherNotable Point
  17. Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?
    2:14:44Could one damaged British ship finish Blucher while the others pursued?Q&A
  18. Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?
    1:28:48Old German cruisers release scarce modern ships for the fleetChapter
  19. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:10:54Blücher's speed gives her a narrow path against MinotaurQ&A
  20. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:19:49A 2.4-knot margin lets Blücher choose the firing geometryQ&A
  21. Scharnhorst Class: The Quality of the Kaiserliche Marine - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 6
    1:50Balanced armored cruisers before SMS BlücherChapter
  22. Ersatz Yorck Class: Trying to Be All Things - Key Ships Series 4, Episode 3
    40:00Separate scouts from the fast battle lineNotable Point
  23. Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock
    10:37Blücher and the lower-status cruiser alternativeNotable Point
  24. 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers
    19:27Battlecruiser labels and the SMS Blücher intelligence failureNotable Point
  25. Town Class 1913 +: Birmingham & Birkenhead Classes + HMAS Adelaide
    19:45Nottingham from the Kiel display to Dogger BankChapter
  26. Pathfinder Class(1904): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)
    27:43HMS Patrol at the Hartlepool raidChapter
  27. Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI
    2:09:56Could Germany have foreseen Blücher's obsolescence?Q&A
  28. Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)
    1:35:33A TA culture at Dogger BankNotable Point
  29. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1908
    10:25Blucher's guns keep her outside the battlecruiser categoryNotable Point
  30. Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P4/6 1915
    45:36Blücher's damage exposes a confused interception orderNotable Point
  31. Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P4/6 1915
    47:33Lion's radio loss turns Beatty's flags into a fatal ambiguityChapter
  32. Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P4/6 1915
    50:44German and British reviews draw opposing gunnery lessonsNotable Point
  33. Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P4/6 1915
    52:04Blücher's loss in burial honors and wartime filmNotable Point
  34. The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-1916
    3:15:35Beatty's signals turn pursuit into a Blücher-only victoryChapter
  35. The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-1916
    3:16:39Why Blücher was not a true battlecruiserNotable Point
  36. The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-1916
    3:17:26Blücher's sinking became spectacle and commemorationNotable Point