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MOLTKE CLASS Battlecruisers (Panzerkreuzer)
Moltke 1911 and Goeben 1912
22,979 tons – 186.6m (612 foot) length – 29.4m (96 foot) beam – 9.2m (30 foot) draft – 27.5 knots – complement: 43 officers and 1,010 men – 10x 28cm (11-inch) guns – 12x 15cm (5.9-inch) guns – 12x 8.8cm (3.5-inch) guns – 4x50cm (19.7-inch) torpedo tubes – belt armour up to 280mm (11 inches).
Moltke was the lead ship of the “second generation” Moltke Class Imperial battlecruisers. Her design was a considerable improvement in armament, armour, and internal subdivision over the preceding Von der Tann Class – and she was widely considered to be far superior to her rival British Indefatigable Class battlecruisers. She served in all the engagements in the North Sea as well as a few in the Baltic Sea, was damaged by gunfire on several occasions, and torpedoed twice by British submarines. A less sturdy warship would have succumbed to the torpedoes, but she survived the war – only to be scuttled by her crew in 1919 at Scapa Flow.
Her sister ship, SMS Goeben, was built as an identical twin, and went on to great fame in the Mediterranean in 1914. Turned over to the Turkish Navy early in WW I, Goeben eventually served in the NATO naval forces, and survived as the last German battlecruiser afloat until 1973, when she was sold to the breakers. For full details and an operational history of both ships, see Chapters 17, 18, and 19, of the “CJ” IMPERIAL DOCKYARDS: CUXHAVEN.
How to use
This pack contains .SC4model-files and props as .SC4desc-files. So, by installing this pack nothing will directly appear in your game. You can use the props on your own lots or convert the SC4models into buildings, as you please. Since most props are to be used on water lots and props naturally align with the surface level, they will sink to the sea floor, if you do not stick to the guidelines on how to use props on water lots. Finally you will need to follow the instructions on how to make a lot transparent. You will find the props in any Lot-Editor under the prefix A_1P_h_
As per request from the community, I have also included a version of the ship without historic flags and crew.
Please visit @Dreadnought's CJ to get detailed descriptions and the historical backgrounds to these prop packs. You will see a wonderful display of the results of our long collaboration there and can get a preview of what might be hidden in the coming prop packs or simply get some inspiration for your own harbour!