Hohenzern-class Battleship

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SMS Prinzregent Friedrich, 1910
Class overview
Builders: Englean Kaiserreich
Operators:  Kaiserliche-Marine
Preceded by: Sachsen Class
Succeeded by: Götterdämmerung Class
Built: 1905-1913
In commission: 1908-1946
Planned: 6
Completed: 5
Cancelled: 1
Active: 0
Lost: 1
Retired: 4
Scrapped: 4
General characteristics
Type: Battleship
Displacement: 49,000 tons
Length: 248 m (814 ft)
Beam: 35.37 m (116.0 ft)
Draft: 9.90 m (32.5 ft)
Propulsion: 17 Hardelwerke boilers
Speed: 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement: 1,313
Armament:
  • 10 x 30.5 cm SK C/11 guns
  • 16 x 15,0 cm SK C/06 guns
  • 8 x 10,0 cm SK C/09 guns
  • 12 x 4,7 cm LSK guns
  • 20 x 20,0 cm FlaK 26 guns
  • 4 x 60,0 cm torpedo tubes

The Hohenzern class was a set of dreadnought battleships built for the Kaiserliche-Marine from 1905-1913. This class was designed to be the Englean Kaiserreich's primary dreadnought battleship until the outbreak of the First Great War. This class saw service through both Great Wars, until ultimately being decommissioned in 1946.