Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/SMS Blücher

SMS Blücher
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 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/April 11, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 19:26, 6 April 2013‎ (UTC)



SMS Blücher was the last armored cruiser built by the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine). She was designed to match what German intelligence incorrectly believed to be the specifications of the British Invincible-class battlecruisers. Blücher was larger than earlier armored cruisers and carried more heavy guns, but was unable to match the size and armament of the new battlecruisers. The ship was named for Field Marshal Gebhard von Blücher, commander of Prussian forces at the Battle of Waterloo. She was built at the Kaiserliche Werft shipyard in Kiel and commissioned in 1909. Blücher served in the I Scouting Group for most of her career, including World War I. She took part in the bombardment of Yarmouth and the raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby in 1914. At the Battle of Dogger Bank in 1915, she was slowed significantly after being hit by gunfire from the British battlecruiser squadron under Vice Admiral David Beatty. Rear Admiral Franz von Hipper, the German commander, decided to abandon Blücher to the pursuing enemy ships in order to save his more valuable battlecruisers. Under heavy fire from the British, she was sunk, and British destroyers began recovering the survivors. They were forced to withdraw, however, when a German zeppelin began bombing them, mistaking Blücher for a British battlecruiser. The number of casualties is unknown, ranging from 747 to around 1,000.


 * Day of launching in 1908: 1 point, promoted 2010: 2 points, - the blurb needs trimming but I am not sure what to cut, help, please, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:43, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I've reduced it to 1,201 characters, which I think oughta do it. Support by the way... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:41, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Weak Oppose Naval battle March 3rd, Artic voyage end of March. Brit warship Feb 20. All with similar b/w "old ship" pics. Please cover such issues in noms Gerda, especially for such regular types. Johnbod (talk) 15:34, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
 * This was has been postponed (from better dates) twice already, making room for similar ones. We have about 60 of them, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 00:35, 31 March 2013 (UTC)