| Specs: | Displacement: 12,982 tons/design, 13,993
tons/maximum Length: 125.9 m. Beam: 22.2 m. Draught: 8.2 m. |
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| Main Armament: | Four 28 cm/40 (11") SK L/40 quick firing guns of 40 calibres length, in two double
turrets, one each fore and aft. Range @ 30 degrees (Max elevation of turret) 18,830 m (20,590 yards) Ammunition stowage per gun: 85 rounds Muzzle Velocity AP and HE - 820 mps (2,690 fps). |
| Secondary and Other Armaments: |
Secondary Armaments: Fourteen 17 cm quick firing guns L/40 (40 calibers length) in
casemates. Twenty 88 mm quick firing guns of 35 calibers length. Six 45 cm torpedo tubes, arranged two each port and starboard, one in the bow and one in the stern on starboard side. |
| Armour: | Armour: Armoured bulkhead: 170mm. Side Armour: 100mm stern, 225 sides/tapered towards waterline to 100mm with a 80mm teak underlay. Horizontal Armour: 40mm Armoured deck, 97-67mm incline Armour. 28 cm gun turrets: 280mm front, 50mm tops. 17cm Casemates 170 front 30 mm top. Battle Bridge: 300mm forward, 140mm aft. |
| Machinery: | Machinery: Twelve coal-fired naval boilers feeding three triple expansion
reciprocating engines, developing 17,000 PSi (The German equivalent of Horse
power) at 12.0 knots. Supplemental oil firing installed from 1915. Three propellers, one midships rudder. |
| Crew: | Crew: 35 officers + 708 Men. As Flagship of the fleet until 1912 the Deutschland carried an additional 12 officers + 66 men. |
| Fuel & Range: | 836 tons coal/normal,
1693 tons coal/maximum. Radius of action:4800 nautical miles at 12 knots. |
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