SMS Friedrich der Grosse |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
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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 |
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Crew: |
1,085 |
Range: |
7,900 NM @ 12 knots |
Main Armament |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
10 |
12"/50 (305mm) SK L/50 |
5 twin turrets |
22,310 yards @ 16° (12.6 miles) |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Dec. 26, 2009 |