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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