| Ship (Launch date) |
Displacement (tons) | Speed (knots) | 5.9" guns | 8.2" guns | 11" guns |
| Blucher (1909) | 15,842 | 24.8 | 8 | 12 | |
| Von der Tann (1910) | 19,370 | 24.8 | 10 | 8 | |
| Moltke (1911) | 19,370 | 25.5 | 12 | 10 | |
| Goeben (1912) | 19,370 | 25.5 | 12 | 10 | |
| Seydlitz (1913) | 24,988 | 27 | 12 | 10 |