WIESBADEN - The Battle of Jutland - Centenary Initiative

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WIESBADEN

Fleet

HochSeeFlotte

Ship Type

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Nickname

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Ship Class

Wiesbaden

Grouping

2nd Scouting Group

Command

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Builder's Yard

Vulkan AG, Stettin

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

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Launch Date

20.01.2015

Completed date

23.08.2015

Commission date

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Year laid down

1913

Year launched

1915

Year completed

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Commission Year

1915

Pennant No

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Photo Details

Courtesy Alexander Monreal

Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

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Jutland result

Struck by multiple gunfire and a torpedo strike at 2,000 yards from HMS Onslow. She sank between 01:45 and 02:45 June 1st 1916.

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Fregattenkapitän Fritz Reiß

Noteable Officers

Heizer Hugo Zenne, Gorch Fock

Crew complement

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Officers

17 (peacetime)

Ratings

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Killed

589

Wounded

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Prisoners

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Displacement full Load (tons)

6,601 long

Artefacts Data

Torpedo (Thyboron Sea War Museum, Denmark)

Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

477'

Length (mtrs)

145.30000000000001

Beam (ft)

46'

Beam (mtrs)

13.9

Draught (ft)

18.9'

Draught (mtrs)

5.76

Max. Speed (knots)

27.5

Range (miles)

5,500 at 12 kts

Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

Carried 1,280 long tons of coal and 460 lomg tons of oil giving her a range of 4,800 nm (5,500 miles).

Propulsion

10 coal fired water tube and 2 oil fred boilers. Gave 31,000 shp (shaft horsepower).

Armour Main Belt

2.4" (60 mm)

Deck Armour

60 mm

Turret Armour IN CM

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Conning Tower Armour

3.9" (100 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

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No. Primary Turrets

Guns (No.barrels)

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

8.8 cm SK L/45

Guns (No.barrels) 2

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

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Elevation (degrees)

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Gunnery Range (yards)

17,600

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

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No. tubes

Torpedo Type MM

500

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

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References & sources

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