SMS Prinzregent Luitpold German battleship of the Kaiser Class battleships of the German Navy.   SMS Prinzregent Luitpold was built at the Germania Dockyard at Keil. laid down in October 1910. launched  on the 17th February  1912 and commissioned into the German navy on the 19th august 1913. These were the first German battleships with super imposed turrets and turbines. Participated in the First major overseas of a detached division to South America and south Africa between 1913 and 1914.  Fought at the Battle of Jutland    Interned at Scapa Flow 25th November 1918 and scuttled at 1330 on 21 June 1919, capsizing  and sank. Raised 9th July 1931 and scrapped at Rosyth in 1933.

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)

Prinz Regent Luitpold.