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Three '''''Preussen'' class ironclad turret ships''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1876-1878.
Three '''''Preussen'' class ironclad turret ships''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1876-1878.
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Revision as of 13:31, 15 May 2016

Three Preussen class ironclad turret ships were completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1876-1878.

Design & Construction

Performance

Armament

[1][2]

As Completed

  • Four 260mm/22 caliber hooped guns
  • Two 170mm/25 caliber hooped guns

After Refit, Date Unknown

  • Four 260mm/22 caliber hooped guns
  • Two 170mm/25 caliber hooped guns
  • Six to Ten 88mm/30 caliber quick-firing guns
  • Two machine guns
  • Five 350mm torpedoes, thirteen torpedoes

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 244.
  2. German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 6.

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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