Goeben (Moltke Class)


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Laid down 12th August 1909
Launched 28th March 1911
Completed N/A
Commissioned 2nd July 1912
Fate Scrapped:
1973 - 1976
Builders Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Germany
Complement 1053
Dimensions
Displacement 22800 tons std
25200 tons max
Dimensions 611' 9" x 96' 8"
Draught 29' 5"
Armament
Main guns 10 x 11"/50 (2 x 5)
Secondary guns 12 x 5.9"/45 (12 x 1)
Torpedo tubes 4 x 19.7"
Other weapons 12 x 3.46"/45
Countermeasures None
Armour Turrets: 9.8"
Belt: 10.6"
Deck: 2"
C.T.: 13.7"
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft None
Flightdeck None
Hangar None
Catapults None
Arrestor system None
Aviation fuel None
Electronics Fit
Radar None
Sonar None
ECM None
Other N/A
Machinery
Engines 24 x Marine boilers
4 x Parsons steam turbines
Power output 52000shp
Speed 25kts
Shafts 4
Range 4120NM @ 14kts
Fuel N/A

After WWI, Goeben became the flagship of the Turkish Navy after requests from Britain to hand the ship over were refused. On 20th December 1960, she was decommissioned, and in 1963 was offered for resale to Germany, which was refused.

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