Kaiser Class Ironclad (1874)
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Two Kaiser class armored frigates were completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1875.
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| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Kaiser | Samuda Brothers, Poplar | 1871 | 19 Mar, 1874 | 13 Feb, 1875 | Broken up 1920 |
| Deutschland | Samuda Brothers, Poplar | 1872 | 12 Sep, 1874 | 20 Jul, 1875 | Sold 1908 |
Design & Construction
The 'Kaiser class were built to an 1869 design by Sir Edward Reed, and were the last capital ships ordered by Germany from foreign builders.[1][2]
They were iron-hulled with a transvere bulkhead and double longitudinal frame construction. Their machinery consisted of one two-cylinder single-expansion engine driving a single four-bladed propeller and powered by eight J. Penn & Sons trunk boilers.[3]
Performance
They were good, stable seaboats with a gentle motion. They were also very responsive to the helm, although they had a "moderate" turning circle.[4]
Armament
As Completed[5][6]
- Eight 260mm/20 caliber guns
- One 210mm/22 caliber guns
1882[7][8]
- Eight 260mm/20 caliber guns
- Six 150mm/22 caliber guns
- One 150mm/30 caliber gun
- Four 80mm guns
- Between four and twelve 37mm machine guns
As Rebuilt c. 1892
See individual articles.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 245.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 6.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 6.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 7.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 245.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. pp. 6-7.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 245.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. pp. 6-7.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Gröner, Erich (revised and expanded by Dieter Jung and Martin Maass) (1990). German Warships 1815-1945. Volume One: Major Surface Vessels. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
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| <– | S.M.S. König Wilhelm | Major Cruisers (DE) | Victoria Louise Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
