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Three '''''Preussen'' class ironclad turret ships''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1876-1878.
 
Three '''''Preussen'' class ironclad turret ships''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1876-1878.
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|[[AG Vulcan Stettin|AG Vulcan]], Stettin
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|[[Kaiserliche Werft Kiel|Kiel Dockyard]]
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|22 Nov, 1877
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|[[Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven|Wilhelmshaven Dockyard]]
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|6 May, 1878
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==Design & Construction==
 
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Latest revision as of 14:43, 4 April 2018

Three Preussen class ironclad turret ships were completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1876-1878.

Overview of 3 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
Preußen AG Vulcan, Stettin 1870 22 Nov, 1873 4 Jul, 1876 Sold 27 Jun, 1919
Friedrich der Große Kiel Dockyard 1869 20 Sep, 1874 22 Nov, 1877 Sold 1920
Großer Kurfürst Wilhelmshaven Dockyard 1868 17 Sep, 1875 6 May, 1878 Collision 31 May, 1878

Design & Construction

Performance

Armament

[1][2]

As Completed

  • Four 260mm/22 caliber hooped guns
  • Two 170mm/25 caliber hooped guns

After Refit, Date Unknown

  • Four 260mm/22 caliber hooped guns
  • Two 170mm/25 caliber hooped guns
  • Six to Ten 88mm/30 caliber quick-firing guns
  • Two machine guns
  • Five 350mm torpedoes, thirteen torpedoes

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 244.
  2. German Warships 1815-1945 I. p. 6.

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).
  • 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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