List of battleships of Germany

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This is a list of battleships of Germany.

Ships launched in the 1891-1908 are pre-dreadnoughts. This type was made obsolescent when HMS Dreadnought was launched in 1906. Later ships are dreadnoughts, which featured a uniform main armament and smaller intermediate guns.

[edit] Prinz Adalbert

Displacement: 1535
Armament: 1-8.3in, 2-6.7in
Armor:
Propulsion: 18 knots
Commissioned:
Notes: Ex-Cheops

[edit] Arminius

Displacement: 1800t
Armament: 4-8.3in
Armor:
Propulsion: 11 knots
Commissioned: c. 1865

[edit] Friedrich Carl

Displacement: 6822t
Armament: 16-8.3in
Armor:
Propulsion: 13.5 knots
Commissioned: 1867
Notes: BU 1906

[edit] Kronprinz

Displacement: 6197t
Armament: 16-8.3in
Armor:
Propulsion: 14.5 knots
Commissioned: 1867

[edit] König Wilhelm

Displacement: 10591t
Armament: 18-9.4in, 5-8.3in
Armor:
Propulsion: 14.5 knots
Commissioned: 1869
Notes: Ex-Fatikh, Wilhelm

[edit] Hansa

Displacement: 4334t
Armament: 8-8.3in
Armor:
Propulsion: 12.5 knots
Commissioned:
Notes: BU 1906

[edit] Preußen class

Displacement: 7596t
Armament: 4-10.2in, 2-6.7in
Armor:
Propulsion: 14 knots
Units: 3: SMS Großer Kurfürst, SMS Friedrich der Große, Borussia
Commissioned: 1876-78
Notes: Borussia renamed SMS Preußen

[edit] Kaiser class (1872)

Displacement: 8799t
Armament: 8-10.2in
Armor:
Propulsion: 14.5 knots
Units: 2 Kaiser, Deutschland
Commissioned: c. 1875
Notes: BU 1920, BU 1909

[edit] Sachsen class

Displacement: 7677t
Armament: 6-10.2in
Armor:
Propulsion: 13.5 knots
Units: 4
Commissioned: 1878-83

[edit] Mars

Displacement: c. 7000t
Armament: Various
Armor:
Propulsion:
Commissioned: 1881
Notes: Training ship; BU 1921

[edit] Oldenburg

Displacement: 5652t
Armament: 8-9.4in
Armor:
Propulsion: 13.5 knots
Commissioned: 1886
Notes: BU 1919

[edit] Siegfried class

Displacement: 4058t
Armament: 3-9.4in, 8-(last 2 10-)88 mm, 3 torpedo tubes
Armor: 240mm belt; 140mm turrets; 30mm deck
Propulsion: 5100hp (15.5 knots)
Endurance: 3980 miles at 10 knots
Units: 8: Siegfried, Beowulf, Frithjof, Heimdall, Hildebrand, Hagen, Odin, Ägir
Commissioned: 1890-96

[edit] Brandenburg class

Displacement: 10,060 tons
Armament: 4 x 28cm (11") guns; 18 x 15cm guns; 12 x 8.8cm guns; 12 x machineguns; 6 x 45cm torpedo tubes
Armor: 300mm belt; 230mm turret; 75mm deck
Propulsion: 10,000hp (17 knots)
Endurance 4,500 miles at 10 knots
Units: 4: SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm, SMS Brandenburg, SMS Weißenburg, and SMS Wörth
Commissioned: 1893-94

[edit] Kaiser Friedrich class

Displacement: 10,790 tons
Armament: 4 x 28cm (11") guns; 18 x 15cm guns; 12 x 8.8cm guns; 12 x machineguns; 6 x 45cm torpedo tubes
Armor: 300mm belt; 250mm turret; 75mm deck
Propulsion: 14,000hp (18 knots)
Endurance: 4,500 miles at 10 knots
Units: 5: SMS Kaiser Friedrich III, SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II, SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Große, SMS Kaiser Karl der Große, and SMS Kaiser Barbarossa
Commissioned: 1898-1902

[edit] Wittelsbach class

Displacement: 11,800 tons
Armament: 4 x 28cm (11") guns; 18 x 15cm guns; 12 x 8.8cm guns; 12 x machineguns; 5 x 45cm torpedo tubes
Armor: 230mm belt; 250mm turret; 75mm deck
Propulsion: 15,000hp (18 knots)
Endurance: 5,000 miles at 10 knots
Units: 5: SMS Wittelsbach, SMS Wettin, SMS Zähringen, SMS Schwaben, and SMS Mecklenburg
Commissioned: 1902-04

[edit] Braunschweig class

Displacement: 13,200 tons
Armament: 4 x 28cm (11") guns; 14 x 17cm guns; 18 x 8.8cm guns; 4 x machineguns; 6 x 45cm torpedo tubes
Armor: 220mm belt; 250mm turret; 75mm deck
Propulsion: 16,000hp (18 knots)
Endurance: 5,200 miles at 10 knots
Units: 5: Braunschweig, SMS Elsaß, SMS Hessen, SMS Preußen, and SMS Lothringen
Commissioned: 1904-06

Schlesien in 1940

[edit] Deutschland class

Displacement: 13,200 tons
Armament: 4 x 28cm (11") guns; 14 x 17cm guns; 20 x 8.8cm guns; 4 x machineguns; 6 x 45cm torpedo tubes
Armor: 230mm belt; 280mm turret; 75mm deck
Propulsion: 16,000hp (18 knots)
Endurance: 5,500 miles at 10 knots
Units: 5: SMS Deutschland, SMS Hannover, SMS Pommern, SMS Schleswig-Holstein, and SMS Schlesien
Commissioned: 1906-08

[edit] Nassau class

Displacement: 18,900 tons
Armament: 12 x 28cm (11") guns; 12 x 15cm guns; 16 x 8.8cm guns; 6 x 45cm torpedo tubes
Armor: 290mm belt; 280mm turret; 100mm deck
Propulsion: 22,000hp (19.5 knots)
Endurance: 9,400 miles at 10 knots
Ships in class: 4: SMS Nassau, SMS Westfalen, SMS Rheinland, and SMS Posen
Commissioned: 1908

SMS Ostfriesland

[edit] Helgoland class

Displacement: 22,800 tons
Armament: 12 x 30.5cm (12") guns; 14 x 15cm guns; 8 x 8.8cm guns; 6 x 50cm torpedo tubes
Armor: 300mm belt; 280mm turret; 100mm deck
Propulsion: 28,000hp (20 knots)
Endurance: 5,500 miles at 10 knots
Ships in class: 4: SMS Helgoland, SMS Ostfriesland, SMS Thüringen, and SMS Oldenburg
Commissioned: 1911

SMS Kaiser

[edit] Kaiser class (1911)

Displacement: 24,380 tons
Armament: 10 x 30.5cm (12") guns; 14 x 15cm guns; 8 x 8.8cm guns; 5 x 50cm torpedo tubes
Armor: 350mm belt; 300mm turret; 75mm deck
Propulsion: 31,000shp (21 knots) although 23+ knots on 50,000+ shp was achieved
Endurance: 9,500 miles at 10 knots (or 7,900 miles at 12 knots)
Ships in class: 5: SMS Kaiser, SMS Friedrich der Große, SMS Kaiserin, SMS König Albert, and SMS Prinzregent Luitpold
Commissioned: 1912
Fate: All scuttled at Scapa Flow

SMS Großer Kurfürst

[edit] König class

Displacement: 25,390 tons
Armament: 10 x 30.5cm (12") guns; 14 x 15cm guns; 10 x 8.8cm guns; 5 x 50cm torpedo tubes
Armor: 350mm belt; 350mm turret; 100mm deck
Propulsion: 31,000shp (21 knots)
Endurance: 10,000 miles at 10 knots (or 8,000 miles at 12 knots)
Ships in class: 4: SMS König, SMS Großer Kurfürst, SMS Markgraf, and SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm
Commissioned: 1914
Fate: All scuttled at Scapa Flow

[edit] Bayern class

Displacement: 28,000 tons
Armament: 8 x 38cm (15") guns; 16 x 15cm guns; 2 x 8.8cm guns; 5 x 60cm torpedo tubes
Armor: 350mm belt; 350mm turret; 120 mm deck
Propulsion: 52,000shp (22 knots)
Endurance: 9,000 miles at 10 knots
Ships in class: 4: SMS Bayern, SMS Baden, SMS Sachsen, and SMS Württemberg
Commissioned: Two ships commissioned 1916
Fate: Two cancelled before completion, one scuttled at Scapa Flow

Gneisenau

[edit] Gneisenau class

Displacement: 38,900 tons
Armament: 9 x 28 cm (11") guns; 12 x 15cm guns; 14 x 10.5cm guns; 16 x 3.7cm AA guns; 10 x 2cm AA guns
Armor: 350mm belt; 340mm turret; 110mm deck
Propulsion: 160,000shp (32 knots)
Endurance: 8,380 miles at 15 knots (or 7,100 miles at 19 knots)
Ships in class: 2: Gneisenau and Scharnhorst
Commissioned: 1938
Fate: Both lost in WWII

Bismarck

[edit] Bismarck class

Displacement: 41,700 tons
Armament: 8 x 38cm (15") guns; 12 x 15cm guns; 16 x 10.5cm guns; 16 x 3.7cm AA guns; 20 x 2cm AA guns
Aircraft: 4 x catapult-launched float-planes
Armor: 320mm belt; 360mm turret; 120mm deck
Propulsion: 150,170shp (30 knots)
Endurance: 9,280 miles at 16 knots (or 6,640 at 24 knots)
Ships in class: 2: Bismarck and Tirpitz
Commissioned: 1940
Fate: Both lost in WWII

[edit] H class

Displacement: 52,560 tons
Armament: 8 x 16 inch guns; 12 x 15cm guns; 16 x 10.5cm guns; 6 x 21cm torpedo tubes
Aircraft: 6 x catapult-launched float-planes
Armor: 327mm belt; 390mm turret; 120mm deck
Propulsion: 165,000shp (30 knots)
Endurance: 16,000 miles at 19 knots
Ships in class: 2 laid down, plus 4 planned
Fate: Production cancelled 1941

[edit] See also

List of naval ships of Germany

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