König-class battleship

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The König-class battleships were a group of German Imperial Navy dreadnoughts from World War I, noted for their heavy armor, powerful main batteries, and service in major North Sea engagements such as the Battle of Jutland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battleship class ⓘ
dreadnought battleship class ⓘ
antiTorpedoArmament 8.8 cm guns (as built) ⓘ
armamentLayoutFeature superfiring turrets fore and aft ⓘ
armoredBeltThickness up to about 350 mm ⓘ
category World War I battleships of Germany ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
constructionPeriod early 1910s ⓘ
countryOfOrigin German Empire ⓘ
crewComplement around 1,100 officers and men ⓘ
deckArmorThickness up to about 100 mm ⓘ
designedBy German Imperial naval architects ⓘ
designedRole line battleship ⓘ
designImprovementOver Kaiser-class battleship in gunnery layout ⓘ
displacement about 25,000–28,000 tons standard ⓘ
engagement Battle of Jutland ⓘ
Battle of the Gulf of Riga ⓘ
Operation Albion ⓘ
era early 20th century warship ⓘ
fate interned at Scapa Flow after World War I ⓘ
scuttled at Scapa Flow in 1919 ⓘ
fleetAssignment High Seas Fleet ⓘ
fuelType coal-fired boilers with oil sprayers ⓘ
mainBatteryCaliber 30.5 cm ⓘ
mainBatteryConfiguration 10 × 30.5 cm SK L/50 guns in five twin turrets ⓘ
navalArchitectureType all-big-gun dreadnought ⓘ
navalTheater North Sea ⓘ
notableBattleRole front-line unit at the Battle of Jutland ⓘ
notableFeature heavy armor protection ⓘ
powerful main battery ⓘ
numberOfShips 4 ⓘ
operator Imperial German Navy ⓘ
predecessorClass Kaiser-class battleship ⓘ
propulsionType steam turbines ⓘ
secondaryBattery 15 cm SK L/45 guns ⓘ
serviceEntryEra World War I ⓘ
ship SMS Grosser Kurfürst ⓘ
SMS Kronprinz ⓘ
SMS König ⓘ
SMS Markgraf ⓘ
successorClass Bayern-class battleship ⓘ
topSpeed about 21 knots ⓘ
torpedoArmament submerged torpedo tubes ⓘ
turretLayout all main turrets on the centerline ⓘ
usedBy High Seas Fleet battle squadrons ⓘ
linked to: High Seas Fleet

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

SMS König → class → König-class battleship ⓘ
SMS König → leadShipOfClass → König-class battleship ⓘ
SMS König → shipClass → König class ⓘ
subject linked to: German battleship SMS König
linked to: König-class battleship
SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm → class → König class ⓘ
linked to: König-class battleship
SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm → successorTo → Helgoland-class battleships ⓘ
linked to: König-class battleship
SMS Markgraf → class → König class ⓘ
subject linked to: German battleship SMS Markgraf
linked to: König-class battleship
SMS Grosser Kurfürst → succeededByClass → König class ⓘ
linked to: König-class battleship
SMS Kronprinz → class → König class ⓘ
linked to: König-class battleship
Kaiser-class battleship → followedBy → König-class battleship ⓘ
Bayern-class battleship → precededBy → König-class battleship ⓘ