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|fate=Broken up | |fate=Broken up | ||
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− | |fg=white|bg=black}}</div name=fredbot:career> | + | |fg=white|bg=black}}</div name=fredbot:career>The [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruiser]] '''S.M.S. ''Fürst Bismarck''''' was the only ship of her class, completed in 1900 for the [[Imperial German Navy]]. |
− | The [[Armoured Cruiser|armoured cruiser]] '''S.M.S. ''Fürst Bismarck''''' was the only ship of her class, completed in 1900. | + | |
+ | ==Construction== | ||
+ | Designed between 1893 and 1895 and laid down as ''Ersatz Leipzig''.{{GronerWarships1|p. 49}} She was sheathed with Muntz metal for service on foreign stations, and spent most of her active career on overseas service.{{Conways1860|p. 254}}{{GronerWarships1|p. 49}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Service== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Captains== | ||
+ | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
+ | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of S.M.S. ''Fürst Bismarck''"> | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Kapitän zur See|name=Heinrich Karl Leonhard Graf von Moltke|nick=Heinrich K. L. Graf von Moltke|appt=before 8 May, 1900|end=}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
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==Armament== | ==Armament== | ||
+ | Completely disarmed during 1916.{{Conways1860|p. 254}}{{GronerWarships1|p. 49}} | ||
===Main Battery=== | ===Main Battery=== | ||
+ | * Four 240mm/40 caliber quick-firing guns | ||
===Secondary Battery=== | ===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<ref>Removed later, date unknown.</ref> | ||
− | === | + | ===Torpedoes=== |
+ | * Six 450mm torpedo tubes, sixteen torpedoes | ||
==Fire Control== | ==Fire Control== | ||
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==Radio== | ==Radio== | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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+ | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_F%C3%BCrst_Bismarck_(1897)}} | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
+ | * {{Conways1860}} | ||
+ | * {{Conways1906}} | ||
+ | * {{GronerWarships1}} | ||
{{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
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+ | sortdate=25 9 1897 | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:11, 10 July 2017
S.M.S. Fürst Bismarck (1897) | |
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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] |
Contents
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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