List of ships with the name Blücher

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Blücher is a name that is used several times for ships. The namesake was usually the Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742-1819). He became known for his role in the Wars of Liberation and especially in the Battle of Waterloo .

Ship list

designation Ship type Class / type Construction year Shipyard Owner period of service Whereabouts image
Blucher Training ship Bismarck class 1877 Norddeutsche Schiffbau AG , Kiel Imperial Navy 1878-1908 Used up as a Hulk
SMS Blücher (1877) .jpg
Blucher Passenger and cargo ship Barbarossa class 1902 Blohm & Voss , Hamburg HAPAG 1902-1914 Confiscated in 1917, scrapped in 1929
Blucher HAL.jpg
Blucher Big cruiser Single ship 1908 Imperial shipyard , Kiel Imperial Navy 1909-1915 Sunk on January 24, 1915
Bundesarchiv DVM 10 Bild-23-61-11, Large cruiser "SMS Blücher" .jpg
Blucher Heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper class 1937 German works , Kiel Navy 1939-1940 Sunk on April 9, 1940
Bundesarchiv DVM 10 Bild-23-63-09, cruiser "Blücher" .jpg

See also

Web links

Commons : Ships named Blücher  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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