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Seven '''''Siegfried'' class coast defence ships''' were completed for the German Navy in the 1890s.
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Six '''''Siegfried'' class coast defence ships''' were completed for the German Navy in the 1890s.
  
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==Design and Construction==
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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 7 vessels
 
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| {{DE-Agir}}
 
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|1895
 
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| {{DE-Beowulf}}
 
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|1890
 
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| {{DE-Frithjof}}
 
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|1891
 
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| {{DE-Hagen}}
 
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|1893
 
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|- align=left
 
| {{DE-Heimdall}}
 
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|1892
 
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|- align=left
 
| {{DE-Hildebrand}}
 
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|1892
 
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| {{DE-Siegfried}}
 
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|1889
 
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==Design and Construction==
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==Armament==
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===As Completed===
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* Three 240mm/35 caliber guns
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* Eight 88mm/30 caliber quick-firing guns<ref>Only six carried aboard {{DE-Siegfried}}.</ref>
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* Four 350mm torpedo tubes, ten torpedoes
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{{Conways1860|p. 246}}{{GronerWarships1|p. 11}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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sortdate=10 Aug 1889
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{ship
 
{ship
 
name=Heimdall
 
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workno=14{{GronerWarships1|p. 10}}
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fatedate=1921{{GronerWarships1|p. 11}}
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fate=Broken up
 
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{ship
 
{ship
 
name=Hildebrand
 
name=Hildebrand
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workno=20{{GronerWarships1|p. 10}}
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fatedate=''c''. 1919{{GronerWarships1|p. 11}}
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fate=Sold
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fate2=Stranded on Dutch coast 52*05'N, 04*14'E<br>Wreck broken up 1933{{GronerWarships1|p. 11}}
 
}
 
}
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{ship
 
{ship
name=Siegfried
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name=Hagen
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workno=21{{GronerWarships1|p. 10}}
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Revision as of 17:21, 17 May 2016

Six Siegfried class coast defence ships were completed for the German Navy in the 1890s.

Design and Construction

Armament

As Completed

  • Three 240mm/35 caliber guns
  • Eight 88mm/30 caliber quick-firing guns[1]
  • Four 350mm torpedo tubes, ten torpedoes

[2][3]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Only six carried aboard Siegfried.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 246.
  3. German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 11.

Bibliography


Siegfried Class Coast Defence Ship
  Siegfried Beowulf Frithjof  
  Heimdall Hildebrand Hagen  
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