S.M.S. Fürst Bismarck (1897)
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| S.M.S. Fürst Bismarck (1897) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Kiel Dockyard[1] |
| Yard Number: | 23[2] |
| Laid down: | 1895[3] |
| Launched: | 25 Sep, 1897[4][5] |
| Commissioned: | 1 April, 1900[6] |
| Decommissioned: | 31 Dec, 1918[7] |
| Broken up: | c. 1920[8] |
The armoured cruiser S.M.S. Fürst Bismarck was the only ship of her class, completed in 1900 for the Imperial German Navy.
Construction
Designed between 1893 and 1895 and laid down as Ersatz Leipzig.[9] She was sheathed with Muntz metal for service on foreign stations, and spent most of her active career on overseas service.[10][11]
Service
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Kapitän zur See Heinrich K. L. Graf von Moltke, before 8 May, 1900
Armament
Completely disarmed during 1916.[12][13]
Main Battery
- Four 240mm/40 caliber quick-firing guns
Secondary Battery
- Twelve 150mm/40 caliber quick-firing guns, reduced to ten c. 1910.
- Ten 88mm/30 caliber quick-firing guns
- Four 37mm Maxim machine guns[14]
Torpedoes
- Six 450mm torpedo tubes, sixteen torpedoes
Fire Control
Rangefinders
Gunnery Control
Control Positions
Control Groups
Torpedo Control
Transmitting Stations
Fire Control Instruments
Radio
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 254.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 48.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 48.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 49.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 254.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 49.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 142.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 49. Possibly 1919.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 49.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 254.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 49.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 254.
- ↑ German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 49.
- ↑ Removed later, date unknown.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Gröner, Erich (revised and expanded by Dieter Jung and Martin Maass) (1990). German Warships 1815-1945. Volume One: Major Surface Vessels. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
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