Kaiser-class battleship

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The Kaiser-class battleship was a group of German Imperial Navy dreadnoughts built before and during World War I, known for their heavy armor, powerful main guns, and service in major North Sea engagements such as the Battle of Jutland.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kaiser class 3
Kaiser-class battleship canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battleship class ⓘ
dreadnought battleship class ⓘ
antiTorpedoArmament 8 × 8.8 cm guns ⓘ
armamentMainBattery 10 × 30.5 cm (12 in) SK L/50 guns ⓘ
armorBeltMaxThickness up to 350 mm ⓘ
armorDeckThickness up to about 60 mm ⓘ
armorTurretFaceThickness up to about 300 mm ⓘ
beam about 29 meters ⓘ
builtAt German shipyards on the North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts ⓘ
builtForConflict World War I ⓘ
commissionedBy Kaiser Wilhelm II ⓘ
conflictRole core of German battle line at Jutland ⓘ
constructionPeriod laid down 1909–1910 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin German Empire ⓘ
crewComplement approximately 1,000 officers and men ⓘ
designedAs dreadnought battleship ⓘ
designFeature centerline main battery arrangement ⓘ
heavy armor protection for magazines and machinery ⓘ
improved underwater protection over predecessors ⓘ
displacementFullLoad approximately 27,000 tonnes ⓘ
displacementStandard approximately 24,700 tonnes ⓘ
draft about 9.1 meters ⓘ
followedBy König-class battleship ⓘ
hasMember SMS Friedrich der Grosse ⓘ
SMS Kaiser ⓘ
SMS Kaiserin ⓘ
SMS König Albert ⓘ
SMS Prinzregent Luitpold ⓘ
historicalSignificance first German battleship class with all main guns on the centerline ⓘ
lengthOverall about 172 meters ⓘ
mainBatteryLayout five twin turrets ⓘ
navalArchitectureEra dreadnought era ⓘ
notableFlagship SMS Friedrich der Grosse ⓘ
numberOfFunnels three ⓘ
operator Imperial German Navy ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Jutland ⓘ
Battle of the Gulf of Riga ⓘ
Operation Albion ⓘ
partOf High Seas Fleet ⓘ
postwarFate interned at Scapa Flow ⓘ
scuttled at Scapa Flow in 1919 ⓘ
precededBy Helgoland-class battleship ⓘ
primaryTheater North Sea ⓘ
propulsionType steam turbines ⓘ
secondaryBattery 14 × 15 cm SK L/45 guns ⓘ
serviceEntryPeriod 1912–1913 ⓘ
topSpeed about 21 knots ⓘ
torpedoArmament 5 × 50 cm torpedo tubes ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SMS König → precededByClass → Kaiser-class battleship ⓘ
SMS Friedrich der Grosse → class → Kaiser class ⓘ
linked to: Kaiser-class battleship
SMS Grosser Kurfürst → class → Kaiser class ⓘ
linked to: Kaiser-class battleship
SMS Markgraf → class → Kaiser class ⓘ
linked to: Kaiser-class battleship