Nassau-class Battleship: Difference between revisions

Jump to navigation Jump to search
(re-fixed dashes)
No edit summary
 
(2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 9: Line 9:
| Operators=
| Operators=
* {{navy|Engleberg}}
* {{navy|Engleberg}}
| Class before= [[SMS Götterdämmerung|Götterdämmerung-Class]]
| Class before= [[SMS Götterdämmerung|Götterdämmerung Class]]
| Class after= [[Tannhäuser-class Battleship|Tannhäuser-Class]]
| Class after= [[Tannhäuser-class Battleship|Tannhäuser Class]]
| Subclasses=
| Subclasses=
| Builder =  Kaiserlichemarinewerft Wilhelmshaven
| Builder =  Kaiserlichemarinewerft Wilhelmshaven
Line 79: Line 79:
| Ship notes=
| Ship notes=
}}
}}
|}


The '''''Nassau''''' class was a planned set of battleships for service in the [[Kaiserliche-Marine]]. Ultimately only one vessel was completed, being the SMS ''Nassau'' in service from 1927-1949. This vessel used the prototype turbo-electric drive developed by the Imperial Electric Works in 1918, which would be later installed in Englean cruisers and battlecruisers for the following decades. This class of ships was designed to be a "modern battleship" for usage during the 1920s in order to compliment the older fleet in service, which comprised of both pre-war and [[First Great War (Sunalaya)|First Great War]] battleships. The SMS ''Nassau'' was used in the Ophion theatre of war during the [[Second Great War (Sunalaya)|Second Great War]], and was decommissioned in 1949. After decommissioning, it was decided to remove her equipment (guns, turbo-electric drive) and use her as a target in Operation Typhoon in 1952 in Nukagawa Bay.  
The '''''Nassau''''' class was a planned set of battleships for service in the [[Kaiserliche-Marine]]. Ultimately only one vessel was completed, being the SMS ''Nassau'' in service from 1927-1949. This vessel used the prototype turbo-electric drive developed by the Imperial Electric Works in 1918, which would be later installed in Englean cruisers and battlecruisers for the following decades. This class of ships was designed to be a "modern battleship" for usage during the 1920s in order to compliment the older fleet in service, which comprised of both pre-war and [[First Great War (Sunalaya)|First Great War]] battleships. The SMS ''Nassau'' was used in the Ophion theatre of war during the [[Second Great War (Sunalaya)|Second Great War]], and was decommissioned in 1949. After decommissioning, it was decided to remove her equipment (guns, turbo-electric drive) and use her as a target in Operation Typhoon in 1952 in Nukagawa Bay.  
Line 86: Line 87:


{{Englean Topics}}
{{Englean Topics}}
[[Category:Red-Class Sunalaya articles]]

Latest revision as of 04:00, 13 February 2020

Uss maryland bb.jpg
SMS Nassau, 1940
Class overview
Builders: Englean Kaiserreich
Operators:  Kaiserliche-Marine
Preceded by: Götterdämmerung Class
Succeeded by: Tannhäuser Class
Built: 1923-1926
In commission: 1927-1949
Planned: 2
Completed: 1
Cancelled: 1
Active: 0
Retired: 2
Scrapped: 0
Englean Kaiserreich
Name: Nassau
Namesake: House of Nassau
Ordered: 5 December 1921
Laid down: 24 April 1923
Launched: 3 March 1926
Commissioned: 30 June 1927
Decommissioned: 4 April 1949
Fate: Sunk as target in Operation Typhoon, 1952.
Status: Wreck located in Nukagawa Bay, Nukagawa Archipelago
General characteristics
Type: Battleship
Displacement: 33,100 tons
Length: 190 m (620 ft)
Beam: 29.72 m (97.5 ft)
Draft: 9.30 m (30.5 ft)
Propulsion: Prototype Imperial Electric Works HB-778 turbo-electric drives.
Speed: 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Complement: 1,080
Armament:
  • 8x 38 cm SK C/16
  • 12x 15 cm SK C/12
  • 14x 8.8 cm SK C/06
  • 16x 3.7 cm SK C/35
  • 16x 2 cm C/36
Armour:

Belt: 170-350 mm Deck: 60 mm

Turrets: 350 mm
Aircraft carried: 2 x reconnaissance aircraft
Aviation facilities: 3 x catapult

The Nassau class was a planned set of battleships for service in the Kaiserliche-Marine. Ultimately only one vessel was completed, being the SMS Nassau in service from 1927-1949. This vessel used the prototype turbo-electric drive developed by the Imperial Electric Works in 1918, which would be later installed in Englean cruisers and battlecruisers for the following decades. This class of ships was designed to be a "modern battleship" for usage during the 1920s in order to compliment the older fleet in service, which comprised of both pre-war and First Great War battleships. The SMS Nassau was used in the Ophion theatre of war during the Second Great War, and was decommissioned in 1949. After decommissioning, it was decided to remove her equipment (guns, turbo-electric drive) and use her as a target in Operation Typhoon in 1952 in Nukagawa Bay.