Brandenburg-class
Kaiser Fredrich III-class
Wittelsbach-class
Of the Kaiser Friedrich III-class pre dreadnought battleships consisting of the Kaiser Friedrich III, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, Kaiser Karl der Grosse and Kaiser Barbarossa. Preceded by the Brandenburg-class and succeeded by the Wittelsbach-class. Laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven, Germany under the contract name Ersatz Friedrich der Grosse with yard number 24 on 26 October 1896, launched 14 September 1897, commissioned as flagship on 13 February 1900, decommissioned and laid up in reserve in 1908, decommissioned in 1910-1912, coastal defence ship in 1914, command ship for the High Seas Fleet at Wilhelmshaven after February 1915, stricken on 17 March 1921 and sold to be broken up which was executed in 1922.
General technical class specifications
Displacement 11.097/10.922 long tons (standard)-11.785 tons/11.599 long tons (full load) and as dimension 125,x 2 20,4 x 7,89 metres or 411.1 x 66.11 x 25.11 feet. The 3-3 cylinder vertical triple expansion engines, 4 Marine and 8 cylindrical boilers supplied 13.000 hp allowing a speed of 17,5 knots and with a speed of 10 knots a range of 3.420 nautical miles. The crew numbered between 658-687 men. The armour consisted of a 14-30cm/5.9-11.8” thick belt, a 56,5cm/2.6” thick deck with the conning tower, gun turrets and casemates protected by respectively 25cm/9.8”, 25cm/9.8” and 15cm/5.9”. The original armament consisted of 2x2-24cm/9.4” 40 cal guns, 18-15cm/5.9” L/40 quick firing guns (6x1 and 12 in casemates), 12-8.8cm/3.5” L/30 quick firing guns, 12-1pd guns and 6-45cm/18” surfaced torpedo tubes.
