SMS Württemberg (1917)
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SMS Württemberg was the fourth and final member of the Bayern-class dreadnought battleships ordered but never finished for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the 1910s, sometimes considered to be part of a sub-class with her sister Sachsen. She was to be armed with the same main battery of eight 38 cm (15 in) guns in four gun turrets. Originally intended to serve as a fleet flagship, the start of World War I in July 1914 forced the Navy to simplify her design in the hopes that she could be completed in time to see service during the conflict. She was laid down in January 1915 at the AG Vulcan shipyard, but as resources were diverted to more pressing projects, including U-boat construction, work on the ship slowed; she was launched in June 1917, but only to clear the slipway for other work. By the time construction stopped, she was about twelve months from completion. The Treaty of Versailles that ended the war in June 1919 specified that all warships under construction in Germany were to be destroyed, and Württemberg was accordingly sold for scrap in 1921 and dismantled the following year.
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German Empire | |
Name | SMS Württemberg |
Namesake | Württemberg |
Builder | AG Vulcan, Hamburg |
Laid down | 4 January 1915 |
Launched | 20 June 1917 |
Stricken | 3 November 1919 |
Fate | Broken up, 1921 |
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Class and type | Bayern-class battleship |
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Length | 182.4 m (598 ft 5 in) loa |
Beam | 30 m (98 ft 5 in) |
Draft | 9.3 to 9.4 m (30 ft 6 in to 30 ft 10 in) |
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Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
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