Fleet
HochSeeFlotte
Ship Type
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Nickname
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Ship Class
Braunschweig class pre-dreadnought
Grouping
II Battle Squadron
Command
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Builder's Yard
Germanienschaft, Kiel
Budget Year
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Construction Notes
Cost 23,867,000 marks
Date Laid Down
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Launch Date
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Completed date
18.09.1903
Commission date
19.09.1905
Year laid down
1902 (April)
Year launched
1903
Year completed
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Commission Year
1905
Pennant No
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Photo Details
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Related stories
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Sister ships
Elsass, Preussen and Lothringen
Eventual Fate
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Jutland result
Was the second ship in the III Division of the 2nd Battle Squadron. Covered the retreat of Hipper's batle-cruisers. The min force turned westerly to avoid fire from Beatty but Mauve's ships continued south to block the battle-cruisers from Beatty's ships. When the 03:00 destroyer attack was launched, Hessen only just avoided at torpedo at 03:07. Hessen thought that it awas a submarine that had destroyed the Pommern and at 03:12 fired at what she thought was the submarine. At 05:06 and 05:13 she repeated firing at imaginary targets. Hessen fired five 28 cm rounds, thirty-four 17 cm and twenty-four 8.8 cm rounds.
Ready for action after dock repairs
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Commander
Kapitän zur See Rudolf Bartels
Noteable Officers
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Crew complement
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Officers
35
Ratings
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Killed
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Wounded
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Prisoners
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Displacement full Load (tons)
14,394 long
Artefacts Data
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Ship's Model
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Length (ft)
419
Length (mtrs)
127.7
Beam (ft)
73
Beam (mtrs)
22.2
Draught (ft)
27
Draught (mtrs)
8.1
Max. Speed (knots)
18
Range (miles)
9,600 km at 10 kts
Range (kilometres)
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Fuel
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Propulsion
3 shaft with three 3-cylinfder Triple Expansion steam engines with 8 naval and 6 cylindrical boilers. Rated at 17,000 ihp.
Armour Main Belt
3.9" - 10" (100 - 255 mm)
Deck Armour
1.6" (40 mm)
Turret Armour IN CM
9.8" (250 mm)
Conning Tower Armour
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Barbette Armour
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Weight of armour
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Armour / Displacement Ratio
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Watertight compartments
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General Notes
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Fire Control Table
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Fire Control - Clock
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Primary Gun calibre
28 cm (11”) SK/L40 guns
No. Primary Turrets
2
Guns (No.barrels)
4
Primary gun layout
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Rounds per main gun
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Effective broadside guns
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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)
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Primary Broadside Weight
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Secondary Gun Calibre
17 cm (6.7 ”) SK / 40 guns
Guns (No.barrels) 2
14
Rounds per secondary
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Other Armament
Fourteen 8.8 cm (3.5”) SK L/ 45 naval guns
Elevation (degrees)
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Gunnery Range (yards)
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Gunnery Range (metres)
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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)
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Shells expended Main
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Mines dropped
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Shells expended Secondary
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Torpedoes fired
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Gunnery Notes
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Torpedo Type IN
18"
No. tubes
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Torpedo Type MM
450 mm
No. Mines
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Torpedo Notes
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References & sources
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