SMS Prinz Heinrich
Built Kiel Navy Dockyard, laid down December 1898, completed March 1902, cost 16,588,000 Marks.
Size:
Length 410 feet 1 inch waterline 415 feet 4 inches overall, beam 64 feet 4 inches, draught 26 feet 6 inches, displacement
8,857
load 9,806 tons full load.
Propulsion:
3 shaft Triple expansion engines, 15,000 ihp, 20 knots
Trials: 15,694 shp = 19.9 knots
Armour:
4in belt, 6in turret faces, 2in decks
Armament:
2 x 9.4in 40cal (2 x 1), 10 x 5.9in 40 cal (10 x 1), 10 x 3.45in (10 x 1), 4 x 17.7in TT
Comments:
Smaller, cheaper design with reduced armour and armament but slightly higher speed. Crew 567.
World War 1 Service:
Prinz Heinrich
III Scouting Group.
16 December 1914 took part in the operation to bombard Hartlepool.
Apr 1915 onwards Baltic Sea.
March 1916 Used as barrack ship.
1920 Sold for scrapping.
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