SMS Friedrich der Grosse

Type:
Battleship
Class:
Builder:
AG Vulcan
Hamburg, Germany
Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
1909
Commissioned:
October 15, 1912
Keel Laid:
January 26, 1910
Decommissioned:
N/A
Launched:
June 10, 1911
Stricken:


N/A
Fate:
Scrapped 1936-37.
(Surrendered with the High Seas Fleet in Nov. 1918 at Scapa Flow. Scuttled on June 21, 1919)


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
565' 6"
Engines:
3 Parsons geared turbines
Beam:
95' 1"
Boilers:
Schulz-Thornycroft
Draft:
29' 4"
Shafts:
3
Displacement:
24,530 std. / 26,970 full
SHP:
31,000
Speed:
21.5 knots
Crew:
1,085
Range:
7,900 NM @ 12 knots


Main Armament
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
10
12"/50 (305mm)
SK L/50
5 twin turrets
22,310 yards @ 16° (12.6 miles)


Builder's Data
Page published Dec. 26, 2009