SMS Bayern
Built Howaldtswerke, Kiel, laid down January 1914, completed June 1916, cost 50,000,000 Marks.
SMS Baden
Built Schichau, Danzig, laid down December 1913, completed February 1917.
Size:
Length 589feett 10 inches overall, beam 98 feet 5 inches feet, draught 30 feet 9 inches
(deep), displacement 28,074 tons normal 31,690 tons deep.
Propulsion:
3 shaft Parsons turbines, 48,000 shp = 21kts
Trials:
Bayern 55,967 shp = 22.0 knots
Baden 56,275 shp = 22.0 knots
Armour:
14-5in belt, 14in barbettes, 14in turrets, 2.5in decks
Armament:
8 x 15in SKL/45 (4 x 2), 16 x 5.9in (14 x 1), 8 x 3.45in (14 x 1), 5 x 23.6in TT
Comments:
The last German battleships to be completed before the end of World War 1 they were the first to be fitted with
tripod masts on completion and more importantly introduced the 15 inch gun to the German navy. In terms of
protection and speed they were little different form the preceding König class. Crew was 42 officers and 1129 men.
World War 1 Service:
Bayern
Undergoing trials at the time of Jutland.
III Battle Squadron
October 1917 supported German amphibious operations near Moon Island.
12 October 1917 hit mine in Gulf of Riga.
Repairs until December 1917
Interned and Scuttled at Scapa Flow at the end of World War 1
Baden
March 1917 becomes flagship of High Seas Fleet.
Interned and beached at Scapa Flow at the end of World War 1.
Sunk as target 1921.
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