class battleship class battleships pre dreadnought battleships marine german_imperial_navy class comprised ships ships improvement preceding class ships mounted powerful main battery knots faster better armor protection ships saw active service world war primarily coast defense ships transferred took june ships class retained following germany defeat world war saw service variety roles eventually rebuilt radio controlled target ship converted ships exception broken 1930s survived end world war taken continued use target ship design general characteristics class ships long waterline overall ships beam draft ships thirteen watertight compartments double percent length hull ships displaced tonnes designed weight load ships described good sea boats prone heavy pitching ships responsive tight turning radius low speed hard rudder degrees ships lost percent speed ships crew officers men normally serving squadron flagship additional officers men ships carried number smaller boats aboard including picket boats launches later removed propulsion ships class propelled shaft triple expansion engines rated metric horsepower ihp triple expansion engines powered marine type boilers cylindrical boilers oil firing capability added supplement coal fired boilers ships single rudder screws outer propellers bladed diameter center screw bladed diameter ships speed rated knots mph trials engines produced ihp speed knots mph ships class steam nautical miles cruising speed knots mph exception suffered unstable steering increased fuel consumption shortened operational range nmi knots mph ships generators produced following ships turbo generators provided armor ships equipped krupp armor deck armor thick horizontal ranged sloped deck armor main armored belt thick forward conning tower thick roof sides thick aft conning tower roof protected armor plating armor sides ship citadel protected armor main battery turrets thick roofs sides secondary battery turrets protected armor guns gun shields thick armament ships main armament increased previous designs weaker contemporary foreign battleships main armament comprised quick firing guns twin turrets increased guns previous designs compared guns foreign ships guns degrees elevate degrees enabled maximum range guns fired shells muzzle velocity feet second main battery total shells shells gun secondary battery consisted fourteen quick firing guns mounted single turrets amidships remaining casemates superstructure guns fired shells muzzle velocity turret mounted guns elevated degrees maximum range guns elevate degrees lower range guns total shells rounds gun transit central guns withdrawn unable train fully flush sides ships guns fully ships wide fit canal ships fourteen quick firing guns casemates length ship guns fired shells muzzle velocity elevated degrees maximum range armed torpedo tubes total torpedoes construction laid shipyard kiel launched december commissioned fleet october built danzig starting ship launched commissioned november built starting launched september commissioned years later september laid vulcan shipyard stettin launched october commissioned fleet july final ship class laid launched commissioned years later service history world war start world war members class assigned battle squadron command vice admiral tasked coastal defense duties participated early portion ships kept russian pre dreadnought bay russian minefield cleared russian forces strong defense vice admiral decided withdraw forces apparent clearing taken long wasn sufficient daylight left lay minefield assigned participated battle jutland june late day 31st pre dreadnoughts battle squadron briefly engaged vice admiral covered withdrawal battered german battlecruisers command starting ships class withdrawn active service primarily manpower shortages training ship august converted barracks ship kiel barracks training ship kiel having withdrawn active service july converted depot ship depot ship wilhelmshaven year withdrawn service engineer training ship wilhelmshaven guns removed ships starting railway guns germany powerful dreadnoughts scuttled scapa_flow ceded allies war prizes class battleships recommissioned newly reorganized years following world war rebuilt coastal defense ships plan abandoned served point withdrawn active duty stricken converted hulk wilhelmshaven eventually scrapped saw active duty fleet february point removed active service march stricken wilhelmshaven october sold scrapped served fleet november withdrawn converted target ship conversion work lasted march april recommissioned target served capacity end world war renamed ceded soviet_union ship eventually scrapped 1960s saw active service fleet depot ship april stricken navy list ship sold breaking february mark scrapped wilhelmshaven section hull kept use torpedo target explosives hull section bombed sunk allied aircraft april wreck eventually raised scrapped converted depot ship served capacity ship stricken march sold scrapping marks broken hamburg
Braunschweig-class battleship