OLDENBURG

Fleet

HochSeeFlotte

Ship Type

Battleship

Nickname

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Ship Class

Helgoland

Grouping

I Division, I Battle Squadron

Command

Scheer

Builder's Yard

Shichau Werke, Danzig

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

Ersatz Frithjof (replacement for old coastal defence vessel)

Date Laid Down

01.03.1909

Launch Date

30.06.1910

Completed date

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Commission date

01.05.1912

Year laid down

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Year launched

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Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

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Related stories

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Sister ships

Helgoland, Ostfriesland and Thüringen

Eventual Fate

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Jutland result

All actions are stated in CET.Started as the fourth ship in the I Division, behind Helgoland and ahead of Posen. At 18:30 confronted Nestor and Nomad. OLdeburg helped destroy Nestor which sank at 18:35. After 19:15 fired and straddled Warspite but had to retire quickly.During the night formation, Oldenburg was fifth ship in the line.At 01:10 battled with the six destroyers of the 4th DF. Fired on Porpoise and Fortune at close range although Fortune put a 4" shell into the searchlights causing serious injuries on the bridge. After Höpfner took the wheel to recover the formation, Ardent was taken under fire and along with Fortune sunk.

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Kapitän zur See Wilhelm Höpfner

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

1,006

Officers

42

Ratings

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Killed

8

Wounded

14

Prisoners

22

Displacement full Load (tons)

24,700

Artefacts Data

Ship's bell returned by the British (Wilhelmshaven)

Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

551.76'

Length (mtrs)

167.2

Beam (ft)

94.05'

Beam (mtrs)

28.5

Draught (ft)

29.5'

Draught (mtrs)

8.94

Max. Speed (knots)

20.78

Range (miles)

6,330 at 10 kts

Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

Three shafts with three vertical triple expansion steam engines providing 22,600 shp.

Armour Main Belt

11.8" (300 mm)

Deck Armour

2.5" (63.5 mm)

Turret Armour IN CM

300 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

30.5 cm (12”) SK L/50 guns

No. Primary Turrets

6

Guns (No.barrels)

12

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

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

53

Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

30

Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

19.7"

No. tubes

6

Torpedo Type MM

500 mm

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

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References & sources

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