SMS Blücher was the last armored cruiser built for the German Kaiserliche Marine beginning in 1907. She was designed in response to the latest British armored cruisers, but the British had already beg
SMS Blücher in 1912
SMS Scharnhorst, a predecessor to Blücher
Sketch of Blücher underway by Oscar Parkes
The sinking Blücher rolls over on her side
The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle between Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet, under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet, under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer,
Reinhard Scheer, German fleet commander
John Jellicoe, British fleet commander
David Beatty, commander of the British battlecruiser fleet
HMS Warspite and Malaya, seen from HMS Valiant at around 14:00 hrs