Size: 13 900 ton
Length at the waterline: 195 meter
Extreme length - before reconstruction: 205,9 meter
Extreme length - after reconstruction: 207,7 meter (including clipper bow)
Width: 21,3 meter
Deep-draught: 5,8 meter
Machinery: Class: BBC-turbines in three rows
Engine power: 132 000 horsepower (turbines, oil-fired)
Speed: 32,5 knot
Boiler: Class: Wagner. Number: 12
Crew: 1 380 men
Armament / naval guns: 8 pcs. 20,3 cm L/60 in twin towers
Armament / antiaircraft guns: 12 pcs. 10,5 cm in pairs
Armament / antiaircraft guns: 12 pcs. 3,7 cm in pairs
Armament / antiaircraft guns: 8 to 28 pcs. 2,0 cm antiaircraft guns (four-pipe)
Fire control systems for air guns: 2 pcs.
Sonar: Passive bow sonar
Torpedo tubes: 12 pcs. 53,3 cm in series of three
Aircraft catapult for start of flight: 1 pcs. made by Deutsche Werke Kiel Aktien- gesellsehaft
Aircrafts: 3 pcs. Model "Arado 196" (low-wing aircraft)
Armour plating / side armour: 70 - 80 mm
Armour plating / upper deck: 12 - 30 mm
Armour plating / armour deck: 20 - 50 mm
Armour plating / main artillery: 70 - 140 mm
Bunkring capacity: 4 320 ton oil
Cruising radius: 6 800 nautical mil (with 19 knots speed)
Bow: Straight bow section to begin with, later clipper bow

Displacement

Standard-displacement officially = 10 160 ton = 10 000 english ton
(Weight of the pre-equipped vessel including equipment and ammunition, but without fuel and drinking water)

Construction-displacement officially = 12 192 ton = 12 000 english ton
(Weight during the test speed with about half of the total stock of fuel and drinking water on board. Weight indicating that the ship will float in the intended waterline)

Loaded-displacement officially = 14 224 ton = 14 000 english ton
(Weight with the total amount of fuel and drinking water on board)

Construction-displacement genuine = 16 490 ton

Loaded-displacement genuine = 18 694 ton

Building price: Approximately 87 855 million Reichsmark (1939)