SMS Götterdämmerung
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Rhodeve Naval identification drawing of the SMS Götterdämmerung, the image is missing the third aft gun turret.
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Class overview | |
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Builders: | Englean Kaiserreich |
Operators: | Kaiserliche-Marine |
Preceded by: | Hohenzern Class |
Succeeded by: | Nassau Class |
Built: | 1914-1916 |
In commission: | 1916-1950 |
Planned: | 2 |
Completed: | 1 |
Active: | 0 |
Retired: | 1 |
Scrapped: | 1 |
Englean Kaiserreich | |
Name: | Götterdämmerung |
Namesake: | Twilight of the Gods |
Laid down: | 2 February 1913 |
Launched: | 3 March 1915 |
Commissioned: | 6 June 1916 |
Decommissioned: | 20 December 1967 |
Fate: | Vessel deemed too costly to preserve, essential parts scrapped and ship sunk as artificial reef in 1980. |
Status: | Wreck currently used as eco-tourist attraction in about 130 feet of water, Haldemar Archipelago. |
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: |
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Aircraft carried: | 1 x reconnaissance aircraft |
Aviation facilities: | 1 x catapult |
The Götterdämmerung class was a planned set of two superbattleships to be operated by the Englean Kaiserliche-Marine during the First Great War. Planned during the early 1910s, the class was designed to succeed the previous Hohenzern class battleships and to "out-gun" the vessels currently in service with the major nations of the time. The primary feature of the vessel was the inclusion of the prototype 42 cm (16.5 in) SK L/45 guns recently developed by the Kaiserliche-Marine. Ultimately only one vessel would be built, the SMS Götterdämmerung, which would see service until 1950. The Götterdämmerung would see action in the First Great War, being a major target of the Rhodeve Navy during the Hunt for the Götterdämmerung in 1917.