SMS Derfflinger (Ausgleich of 1917)

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Before the POD
Main Article: SMS Derfflinger (from Background and Construction to March 1917, the 1st full month after the pod)

SMS Derfflinger was the first and namesake liner of the Derfflinger class of battlecruisers from the Kaiserliche Marine, which also included the SMS Lutzow and SMS Hindenburg SMS Hindenburg. It was laid down starting 30 March 1912, launched on 17 July 1913 and commissioned on 1 September 1914. Having survived Jutland in 1916, the battlecruiser would be inactive when peace came in May 1917.