SMS NASSAU IN DOCK 33

SMS NASSAU A GERMAN BATTLESHIP 1908

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Name: Nassau
Namesake: Duchy of Nassau part of the Prussian province of Hesse Nassau
Builder: Kaiserliche Werft, Wilhelmshaven
Laid down: 22 July 1907
Launched: 7 March 1908
Commissioned: 1 October 1909
Fate: Scrapped 1921

General characteristics

Class and type: Nassau-class battleship
Displacement:

Designed: 18,570 t (18,280 long tons)
Full load: 21,000 t (21,000 long tons)

Length: 146.1 m (479 ft 4 in)
Beam: 26.9 m (88 ft 3 in)
Draft: 8.9 m (29 ft 2 in)
Installed power: 21,699 ihp (16,181 kW)
Propulsion: 3-shaft vertical triple expansion
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range: At 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph): 8,300 nmi (15,400 km; 9,600 mi)
Complement: 40 officers, 968 men

Armament:

12 × 28 cm (11 in) guns
12 × 15 cm (6 in) guns
16 × 8.8 cm (3 in) guns
5 × 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes

Armor:

Belt: 270 mm (11 in)
Turrets: 280 mm (11 in)
Deck: 80 mm (3.1 in)
Conning Tower: 400 mm (16 in)

Notes:

Double bottom: 88%
Watertight compartments: 16

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