class battleship class battleships group pre dreadnought battleships imperial_german_navy battleships produced navy law class composed lead ship ships laid finished ships class similar appearance predecessors class flush main deck opposed lower quarterdeck kaiser friedrich class extensive armor belt armament identical efficiently arranged ships commissioned german fleet joined squadron battle fleet rapidly obsolete launch outbreak world war longer fit line service saw limited duty baltic_sea ships disarmed employed secondary roles training ships prison ship later floating barracks target ship ships save broken rebuilt radio controlled target ship world war badly damaged bombing raid scuttled final days war eventually broken design ships class battleships built naval law ships represented improvement preceding class equipped armament guns given additional torpedo tube improved defensive capabilities protected extensive armored belt differed preceding ships main deck entire length flush class ships quarterdeck cut general characteristics ships class meters long waterline overall beam draft forward designed displace metric tons long tons standard load displaced metric tons long tons combat weight class ships hulls built transverse longitudinal steel frames steel hull plates structure created frames hull split watertight compartments included double ran percent length ship ships regarded german_navy excellent sea boats easy roll ships rolled period seconds easily hard rudder ships lost percent speed suffered severe vibration particularly stern high speeds wet bows moderate seas ships crew officers enlisted men serving squadron flagship crew augmented additional officers enlisted men acting second command ship officers enlisted men added standard crew sisters carried number smaller vessels including picket boats launches propulsion ships class cylinder triple expansion steam engines outer engines drove bladed screw diameter central shaft drove bladed screw slightly smaller diameter produce steam power engines ship marine type boilers exception boilers transverse cylindrical boilers steering controlled single large rudder propulsion system rated metric horsepower ihp produced speed knots mph trials ships significantly varied performances slowest ship reached metric horsepower ihp speed knots mph fastest managed ihp speed knots mph carried metric tons long tons holds fuel capacity nearly metric tons long tons usage additional spaces ships provided maximum range nautical miles cruising speed knots mph electrical power supplied generators produced kilowatts volts generators rated kilowatts armament ships armament nearly identical preceding class primary armament consisted battery guns twin gun turrets fore aft central superstructure guns mounted turrets allowed elevation depression maximum elevation guns hit targets meters guns fired kilogram shells muzzle velocity rate fire shots minute gun supplied shells total secondary armament included eighteen inch guns single turrets amidships rest mounted casemates guns fired armor piercing shells rate minute ships carried shells gun total rounds total guns degrees elevate degrees maximum range manually elevated trained ships carried quick firing guns mounted casemates pivot mounts guns supplied shells gun guns fired muzzle velocity mps rate fire approximately shells minute guns engage targets gun mounts manually operated ships gun armament rounded machine cannons ships armed torpedo tubes water swivel mounts tubes mounted sides ship bow stern weapons long carried tnt set speeds different ranges knots mph torpedoes range increased speed knots mph range reduced armor class battleships armored krupp steel armored decks millimeters thick sloped sides ranged thickness sloped section deck connected main armored belt central citadel ship included ammunition magazines propulsion system belt reduced end central citadel bow stern protected armor entire length belt backed teak directly main belt guns protected thick steel plating guns turrets exposed slightly better protected armor increased thick gun shields gun turrets heaviest armor aboard ship thick sides thick roofs forward conning tower thick sides roof thick rear conning tower protected sides thick roof thick construction ordered german fleet contract designation laid construction number launched july left stocks fitting work commenced included installation ship armament completion interior compartments finishing superstructure late work ship finished commissioned fleet october year ordered laid danzig launched june nearly year commissioned october weeks earlier sister ship laid dockyard kiel provisional launched june commissioned fleet october followed wilhelmshaven provisional launched august commissioned april ship join fleet ordered vulcan shipyard stettin contract keel laid launched november completed commissioned 25th service history early 1900s german fleet organized home_fleet german joining fleet class ships assigned replaced older class battleships classes come service battle squadrons fleet reorganized high_seas_fleet like class ships withdrawn active service advent dreadnoughts ships recalled active service outbreak war assigned deployed baltic ships based kiel placed command vice admiral early september ships conducted result sweep baltic russian navy operating sailed baltic bombarded subsequently captured german army ships class moved battle gulf august combat operation british submarines increasingly active baltic late cruisers sunk elderly class ships longer age vulnerability withdrawn active service disarmed training ships exception prison ship converted depot ships entire class exception struck navy list end world war struck january followed march struck march ships broken converted radio controlled target ship royal_air_force bombers sank ship wreck broken
Wittelsbach-class battleship