SMS Lothringen
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| 300px SMS Lothringen in 1917 | |
| Career (Germany) | Kaiser |
|---|---|
| Name: | Lothringen |
| Namesake: | Lorraine (spelled "Lothringen" in German) |
| Builder: | Schichau, Danzig |
| Laid down: | December 1902 |
| Launched: | 27 May 1904 |
| Commissioned: | 18 May 1906 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1931 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Braunschweig-class battleship |
| Displacement: | 14,167 tons |
| Length: | 419 ft (128 m) |
| Beam: | 73 ft (22 m) |
| Draught: | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Propulsion: |
3 shafts triple expansion 17,000 ihp |
| Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,200 nautical miles (10,000 km); 10 knots (20 km/h) |
| Complement: | 743 |
| Armament: |
2 × 2 - 28 cm (11 in) SK L/40 guns 14 × 17 cm (6.7 in) guns 14 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) guns 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes |
| Armor: |
Belt 9–4 inches turrets 10 inches deck 3 inches |
SMS Lothringen was the fifth of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the Braunschweig class in the German Imperial Navy laid down in 1902 and commissioned 1906. She was named after Lorraine (spelled "Lothringen" in German) which is now a region of France, but was a province of Germany at the time. Her sister ships were Braunschweig, Elsaß, Hessen, and Preußen.
Service history
Lothringen was launched on 27 May 1904, and commissioned into the German Navy on 18 May 1906. Lothringen began service during World War I as a coastal defense ship alongside her sisterships in the IV Battle Squadron. In 1917, she was removed from front-line service to be used as training ship until the end of the war. She was scrapped in 1931.
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