KRONPRINZ

Fleet

HochSeeFlotte

Ship Type

Battleship

Nickname

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Ship Class

Konig

Grouping

III Battle Squadron

Command

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Builder's Yard

Germaneinschaft, Kiel

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

Constructed as Ersatz Brandenberg. Cost of construcrion 45 million marks.

Date Laid Down

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Launch Date

21.02.1914

Completed date

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Commission date

08.11.1914

Year laid down

1911 (Nov)

Year launched

1914

Year completed

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Commission Year

1914

Pennant No

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Photo Details

Wikimedia Commons, SMS Kronprinz (Wilhelm) in Scapa Flow

Related stories

June 1918 re-named Kronprinz Wilhelm.

Sister ships

Markgraf, König and Grosser Kurfürst.

Eventual Fate

Scuttled in Gutter Sound, Scapa Flow, 21 June 1919

Jutland result

All action times in CETWhen König and the others were firing at the main british battle line, Kronprinz was still out of range and so concentrated on firing at the 2nd LCS. From 17:51 - 18:00 at ranges between 17,000 - 18,600 metres targeted HMS Dublin shifting her fire to Malaya at 18:08. She reported one hit (which Campbell disputes). At 18:30 she resumed fire for 6 minutes though with similar results. At 19:00 there was a british destroyer attack on the German line. Onslow fired at Kronprinz from around 8,000 yards. Both torpedoes missed. Kronprinz was actively engaged in the fusilade against Defence and after she had gone down shifted to Warrior. Some people credit her with the shot that "killed" the Defence rather than Lützow. At 20:00 scheer ordered the line to turn eastwards to disengage slightly. Markgraf, which had engine problems, fell in behind Kronprinz. By 20:18 the line was being hammered and the British could not be made out. Scheer ordered the second Turn Away .Kronprinz's position in the line was reversed and she was near the back.In the night formation was the 14th ship. Attacked at around 02:45 by 6 british destroyers. Obedient fired a torpedo which exploded about 100 yards behind her. She was undamaged (though Faulknor and Obedient both recorded hits).SHe had fired a total of 144 heavs^y shells. Her secondary armament had not been used.

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Kapitän zur See Constanz Feldt

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

1,136

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

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Wounded

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Prisoners

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Displacement full Load (tons)

28,600

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

575' 6"

Length (mtrs)

175.4

Beam (ft)

96' 9"

Beam (mtrs)

29.5

Draught (ft)

30' 2"

Draught (mtrs)

9.19

Max. Speed (knots)

21.2

Range (miles)

15,000 km at 12 kts

Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

3 Parsons steam turbines with three oil fired and 12 coal fired boilers driving three shafts rating 43,300 shp.

Armour Main Belt

14" (350 mm)

Deck Armour

1.2" (30 mm)

Turret Armour IN CM

12" (300 mm)

Conning Tower Armour

12" (300 mm)

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

30.5 cm (12”) SK L/50 guns

No. Primary Turrets

5

Guns (No.barrels)

10

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

15 cm (5.9”) SK L/45 guns

Guns (No.barrels) 2

14

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

Ten 8.8 cm SK / 28 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

19.7"

No. tubes

5

Torpedo Type MM

500 mm

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

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References & sources

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