SCHLESIEN

Fleet

HochSeeFlotte

Ship Type

Battleship

Nickname

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Ship Class

Deutschland

Grouping

II Battle Squadron

Command

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Builder's Yard

Schichau, Danzig

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

19.11.1904

Launch Date

28.05.1906

Completed date

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Commission date

05.05.1908

Year laid down

1904

Year launched

1906

Year completed

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Commission Year

1908

Pennant No

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Photo Details

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Related stories

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Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

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Jutland result

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Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Kapitän zur See Friedrich Behncke

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

743

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

1

Wounded

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Prisoners

1

Displacement full Load (tons)

14,218

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

373

Length (mtrs)

127.6 (Hilldebrand)

Beam (ft)

53.3

Beam (mtrs)

22.2 (Hilldebrand)

Draught (ft)

16

Draught (mtrs)

8.25 (Hilldebrand)

Max. Speed (knots)

17 kts

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

9,000 km at 10 kts

Fuel

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Propulsion

Three shafts, Triple expansion engines with 12 coal fired water tube boilers. Rated at 17,000 ihp.

Armour Main Belt

230 mm

Deck Armour

76 mm

Turret Armour IN CM

280 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

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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 SK/ L40 (6.7")

Guns (No.barrels) 2

14

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

420 mines, Twenty-two 8.8 cm SK / 28

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

6

Torpedo Type MM

450 mm

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

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References & sources

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