Schleswig-Holstein (Deutschland Class)


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Laid down August 1905
Launched 7th December 1906
Completed N/A
Commissioned 6th July 1908
Fate Scuttled:
21st March 1945 at Gotehafen
Builders Germaniawerft, Kiel
Germany
Complement 745
Dimensions
Displacement 13190 tons std
14220 tons max
Dimensions 418' 6" x 72' 8"
Draught 27'
Armament
Main guns 4 x 11"/40 (2 x 2)
Secondary guns 14 x 6.7"/40 (14 x 1)
Torpedo tubes 6 x 17.7"
Other weapons 20 x 3.5"/30 (20 x 1)
Countermeasures None
Armour Belt: 9" on 3" teak
Waterline belt: 4"
Deck: 1.5"
C.T.: 3" - 12"
Turrets: 2" - 11"
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 12 x Marine boilers
3 x vertical triple expansion
Power output 20000ihp
Speed 18kts
Shafts 3
Range 4800NM @ 12kts
Fuel 1690 tons coal

On 1st September 1939, Schleswig-Holstein fired the first shots of WW2 on Polish defences near Danzig. She was badly damaged in an air raid at Gotehafen on 18th December 1944.

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