Bayern-Class
Germany's Only Super-Dreadnoughts - First German 15-inch guns (38cm, 750kg shells = +85% over König). Excellent armor (350mm belt + 350mm turret faces). NEVER FOUGHT - SMS Bayern commissioned 3 weeks AFTER Jutland, SMS Baden 9 months later. SMS Baden surrendered to Royal Navy (only major German battleship captured intact), trials ship, provided invaluable intelligence, sunk as target 1921.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 28530 t
- Displacement (full)
- 32200 t
- Length
- 590.6 ft
- Beam
- 98.4 ft
- Crew
- 1171
- Ships built
- 2 of 4 (Sachsen, Württemberg cancelled 1917)
- Commissioned
- 1916-1917
- Decommissioned
- 1919-1921
Performance
- Top speed
- 21 kn
- Range
- 5000 nm at 12 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 8× 38cm (15-inch) SK L/45
- Secondary guns
- 16× 15cm (5.9-inch) SK L/45
- Torpedoes
- 5× 60cm (23.6-inch) submerged
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 350mm Krupp cemented
- Deck
- 60-120mm
- Fire control
- Centralized fire control with rangefinders
In-Game
- Tier
- T3
- Game power
- 45.65
- Research cost
- 9,039
- Credit cost
- 31,955
Notable
- First German 15-inch guns (38cm, 750kg shells)
- First German battleships with dedicated AA guns
- 85% heavier shells than König (750kg vs 405kg)