Brandenburg-class
An item referred to the magazine le Yacht reporting that at Wilhelmshaven, Germany the battleship Kürfurst Friedrich Wilhelm was laid down.(1) She was of an improved design and to replace the Preussen. Displacement 11.000 tons and as dimensions 115,15 x 28,50 metres. Horsepower 13.000 ihp and with 3 screws a speed at forced draft of 18 miles. The heavy armament was to consist of 6-24cm guns in barbette turrets protected by 30,5cm armour, 8-15cm quick firing guns protected by shields with a thickness of 7,6cm, 24 smaller quick firing guns and 6 torpedo tubes. She was to be completed within 4 years.
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1. Of the Brandenburg-class consisting Brandenburg, Wörth, Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm and Weissenburg, succeeded by the Kaiser Friedrich III-class. This class was the first ocean-going German battleships succeeding the coastal defence ships of the Siegfried and Odin-classes. Vice admiral Alexander von Monts (1) and a team started late 1888 with designing the Brandenburg-class. Von Monts was also responsible for getting the building budget approved. Building ordered as ‘D’, laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven, Germany with yard number 13 in 1890, launched on 30 June 1891, commissioned on 19 November 1893, modernized in 1904 in the dry docks at the Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven, Germany in included the adding of a second conning tower in the aft superstructure with gangway, reducing the hamper amidships, replacing the boilers. All together caused the modernisation an increased displacement, sold to Turkey, renamed Barbaros Hayreddin and sunk by British submarine HMS E 11 off Bolayr, Sea of Marmara on 8 August 1915. Building costs 16.054.000 million mark.
