Displacement: standard 7,800 mt, full load 10,400 mt.

Dimensions: Waterline length 178 m, overall length 183 m, beam 17 m, maximum draft 7.25 m, depth 9.28 m.

Armour: main belt 50 mm, upper belt 30 mm, main turrets 20-80 mm, upper deck 20 mm, armour deck 20-35 mm, conning tower 20-100 mm.

Armament:
  •  8 x 15cm/L55 guns in four double turrets.
  •  4 x 8.8cm/L76 guns in two double turrets.
  •  8 x 3.7cm/L83 guns in four double mounts.
  •  4 x 2cm guns in single mounts.
  •  8 x 53.3cm torpedo tubes in two in two quadruple mounts.
  •  Up to 160 mines.

Aircraft: 2 x Arado ar 196.

Propulsion plant:
  •  Four Wagner boilers, two turbine sets coupled to the wing shafts, 100,000 hp.
  •  Four M.A.N. diesel motors coupled to central shaft, 16,500 hp.

Speed: 35.5 knots.

Endurance: 8,000 nm at 19 knots

Fuel capacity: 1,080 + 520 mt.

Crew: 920.

M Class
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Commd.	Fate
KREUZER M	Deutsche Werke, Kiel	01.11.1938	-	(Planned for 01.05.1942)	Scrapped on slip
KREUZER N	Kriegsarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven	??.??.1938	-	(Planned for 1942)	Scrapped on slip
KREUZER O	Germaniawerft, Kiel	10.03.1939	-	(Planned for 1943)	Scrapped on slip
KREUZER P	Germaniawerft, Kiel	-	-	(Planned for 1943)	Canceled
KREUZER Q	Schichau, Danzig	-	-	(Planned for 1943)	Canceled
KREUZER R	Deutsche Werke, Kiel	-	-	(Planned for 01.04.1944)	Canceled