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Kaiser Wilhelm der Große

Schlachtschiff 1901-1920  Kaiser Friedrich III  Class

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Linienschiff Kaiser Friedrich III of the Kaiser Friedrich Class in 1903


The five battleships of the Kaiser Friedrich III class were part of the 1897 naval construction program. With those ships, a new layout for German battleships was introduced which got characterisical for all German battleships.

Unlike their predecessors of the Brandenburg class, the Kaiser Friedrich class was only equipped with 24 cm guns, but the number of secondary guns was more than doubled. They were the first German battleships with three shafts, a characteristic feature that was kept for most German capital ships. In difference to many other German ships, they took not over much water in heavy seas and they were reported to be very good seagoing ships.

All five ships were used for fleet service until 1916, followed by a three year duty as harbor ships before they were decommissioned.

 In 1916, the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse was put out of active service and used as a harbor ship. One year later it was assigned as a torpedo gunnery range ship in Kiel, where it was scrapped in 1920.


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