SMS Deutschland (1874)

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SMS Deutschland in 1898 at Port Arthur, China
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Name: SMS Deutschland
Namesake: Deutschland (Germany)
Builder: Samuda Brothers, Great Britain
Laid down: 1872
Launched: 12 September 1874
Commissioned: 20 July 1875
Renamed: Jupiter, 22 November 1904
Reclassified: Hulk
Fate: Scrapped at Hamburg, 1909
General characteristics
Class and type: Kaiser class armored frigate
Displacement:

As built:7319 tons std, 8940 tons max

Refitted: 7645 tons std, 8736 tons max
Length: 293 ft (89 m)
Beam: 62.5 ft (19.1 m)
Draught: 26 ft (7.9 m)
Propulsion:

8 x Penn transverse trunk boilers 1 x Penn 2 cyl. single expansion

Coal 880 tons
Speed: 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h)
Range: 2470 nmi at 10 knots
Complement: As built: 32 + 568
Refitted: 36 + 620
Armament:

As built: 8 x 10.23 in (260 mm) (8 x 1) guns 768 rounds
Refitted:
8 x 10.23 in (260 mm) (8 x 1) guns, 636 rounds
1 x 8.2 in (210 mm) gun
7 x 5.9 in (150 mm) guns
6 x 4.1 in (100 mm) guns
9 x 3.46 in (88 mm) guns

5 x 13.7 in (350 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor: Conning Tower: 1.1 in (28 mm) - 1.9 in (48 mm)
Belt: 4.9 in (120 mm) - 10 in (250 mm)
Casemates: 7 in (180 mm) - 8 in (200 mm)

The SMS Deutschland was a Kaiser class armored frigate designed by Sir Edward Reed and built by Samuda Brothers at Cubitt Town, London. The ship was fitted with a sailing rig which was later removed during refitting at the Imperial Dockyard at Wilhelmshaven in 1894. SMS Deutschland, together with SMS Gefion, was assigned to strengthen the East Asia Squadron at Kiautschou Bay in 1898.

SMS Deutschland returned to Germany in 1904 and was reclassified as hulk and renamed Jupiter. She was struck from the German Imperial Navy list on 21 May 1906, used as a target ship before being sold for scrap in 1908.


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