SMS Fürst Bismarck
Built Imperial Dockyard, Kiel, laid down April 1896, completed April 1900, cost 18,945,000 Marks
Size:
Length 412 feet 9 inches waterline 417 feet overall, beam 67 feet, draught 27 feet 9 inches, displacement 10,690
load 11,461 tons full load.
Propulsion:
3 shaft Triple expansion engines, 13,500 ihp, 18.7 knots
Trials: 13,622 ihp = 18.7 knots
Armour:
8in belt, 8in turret faces, 2in decks
Armament:
4 x 9.4in 40 cal (2 x 2), 12 x 5.9in 40 cal (12 x 1), 10 x 3.45in 30 cal (10 x 1), 6 x 17.7in TT
Comments:
Germany's first Armoured Cruiser with a jump in size, armament and protection over previous classes. Crew 621.
World War 1 Service:
Fürst Bismark
November 1914 briefly brought out of reserve for coast defence duties but owing to her poor condition spent the rest of
the war as an accommodation and training ship.
1919 Sold for scrap.
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