SMS Blucher
LocationDogger Bank, North Sea
Year1915
Size15,000 tonnes
TypeArmored cruiser
About SMS Blucher
Pounded to a halt at the Battle of Dogger Bank. British destroyers rescued 260 men, then withdrew after a false submarine alarm. Around 770 crew died. The abandonment left survivors to freeze in the North Sea.
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