SMS Braunschweig
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| 300px SMS Braunschweig | |
| Career (German Empire) | Kaiser |
|---|---|
| Name: | Braunschweig |
| Namesake: | Braunschweig |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Laid down: | October 1901 |
| Launched: | 20 December 1902 |
| Commissioned: | 15 October 1904 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1932 |
| 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 Braunschweig was the first of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the Braunschweig class in the Kaiserliche Marine laid down in 1901 and commissioned 1904. She was named after the city of Braunschweig, a former German duchy. Her sister ships were Elsaß, Hessen, Preußen, and Lothringen.
Service history
On 15 October 1904, Braunschweig was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy. She began service during World War I as a coastal defence ship in the Baltic from July 1915 and in August of the same year participated in the Battle of the Gulf of Riga, but was removed from front-line service in August 1917. Braunschweig was used as training ship until the end of the war.
Braunschweig served in the Reichsmarine from 1921 to 1926. She was taken out of service in 1931 and used as hulk in Wilhelmshaven before she was scrapped in 1932.
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