SMS Victoria Luise
Built AG Weser, Bremen, laid down April 1896, completed February 1899, cost 10,714,000 Marks.
SMS Hertha
Built AG Vulcan, Stettin, laid down October 1895, completed July 1898, cost 9,932,000 Marks.
SMS Freya
Built Imperial Dockyard, Danzig, laid down January 1896, completed October 1900, cost 11,094,000 Marks.
SMS Vineta
Built Imperial Dockyard, Danzig, laid down 1895, completed September 1899, cost 10,714,000 Marks.
SMS Hansa
Built AG Vulcan, Stettin, laid down April 1898, completed April 1899, cost 10,270,000 Marks.
Size:
Length 358 feet 3 inches waterline 363 feet 2 inches overall, beam 57 feet 2 inches, draught 22 feet 9 inches, displacement
5,660
load 6,491 tons full load.
Propulsion:
3 shaft Triple expansion engines, 10,000 ihp, 19.5 knots
Trials:
Victoria Luise 10,574 ihp = 19.2 knots
Hertha 10,312 ihp = 19.0 knots
Freya 10,355 ihp = 18.4 knots
Vineta 10,646 ihp = 19.6 knots
Hansa 10,388 ihp = 18.7 knots
Armour:
4in decks
Armament:
2 x 8.2in 40cal (2 x 1), 8 x 5.9in 40 cal (8 x 1), 10 x 3.45in 30 cal (10 x 1), 3 x 17.7in TT
Comments:
Primarily built for overseas cruiser duties the class introduced the clipper bow and blocky looking sides that
typified later German large cruisers. Crew 477.
World War 1 Service:
Victoria Luise
August 1914 coast defence ship.
November 1914 accommodation ship.
1923 Scrapped.
Hertha
August 1914 coast defence ship.
November 1914 accommodation ship.
1923 Scrapped.
Freya
August 1914 coast defence ship.
November 1914 accommodation ship.
April 1915 training ship.
1921 Scrapped.
Vineta
August 1914 coast defence ship.
November 1914 accommodation ship.
1920 Scrapped.
Hansa
August 1914 coast defence ship.
November 1914 accommodation ship.
1920 Scrapped.
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