WESTFALEN

Fleet

HochSeeFlotte

Ship Type

Battleship

Nickname

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Ship Class

Nassau

Grouping

I Battle Squadron

Command

Scheer

Builder's Yard

AG Weser, Bremen

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

1st dreadnought type in the German navy. Double bottomed.

Date Laid Down

12.08.1907

Launch Date

01.07.1908

Completed date

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Commission date

19.11.1909

Year laid down

1907

Year launched

1908

Year completed

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Commission Year

1909

Pennant No

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Photo Details

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Related stories

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Sister ships

Nassau

Eventual Fate

Scrapped 1924

Jutland result

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Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Kapitän zur See Johannes Redlich (Herman Bauer took over command when the Nassau class ships were interned in German ports after the war_Hildebrand).

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

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Officers

40

Ratings

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Killed

11

Wounded

16

Prisoners

10

Displacement full Load (tons)

21,000 long

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

479 (WIKI)

Length (mtrs)

146.1

Beam (ft)

88 (WIKI)

Beam (mtrs)

26.9

Draught (ft)

29 (WIKI)

Draught (mtrs)

8.9

Max. Speed (knots)

20.2

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

15,520 km at 12 kts

Fuel

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Propulsion

3 shaft vertical expansion delivering 22,000 ihp

Armour Main Belt

12" (300 mm)

Deck Armour

3" (80 mm)

Turret Armour IN CM

11" (280 mm)

Conning Tower Armour

16" (400 mm)

Barbette Armour

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Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

16

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

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

12

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

Sixteen 8.8 cm (3") 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

5

Torpedo Type MM

450

No. Mines

–

Torpedo Notes

–

References & sources

Tarrant p.298 on killed and wounded.