SMS Kaiserin German
battleship of the Kaiser Class
battleships of the German Navy. SMS KAISERIN built by Howaldtswerke at Kiel Launched on the 11th November
1911. and commissioned 14th May 1913. Took part in the Battle of Jutland
and
after armistice was interned at Scapa , scuttled by her crew on the 21st June
1919, at 1400 hours. eventually raised on the 14th May 1936 and scrapped at
Rosyth.
WEIGHT 24,380 tons to 27,000 tons
DIMENSIONS 564FT (171.8m) x 95.3FT (29m) x 27.3FT (9.1M)
SPEED 21knots to 23 knots RANGE 7,900 Miles at 12 knots, 2,400
Miles at 21 Knots. ARMAMENT Ten 12-inch guns in pairs in five turrets fourteen 5.9
-inch single guns Eight 3.4 inch single guns and four 3.4 inch Anti
Aircraft guns Five 20- inch Torpedo Tubes all submerged.
Compliment of 1084 to 1250 (1084 made up of 41 Officers
and 1043 other ranks)