SMS Brandenburg Battleship
First German Ocean-Going Battleship - 1893 FREE! - 4 ships: SMS BRANDENBURG, SMS Wörth, SMS Weißenburg, SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm. FIRST OCEAN-GOING GERMAN BATTLESHIP! 10,013 tons, 16.9 kts, 6× 28cm guns in unique 3× twin turret layout (2 forward, 1 aft on centerline). Harvey nickel-steel armor (300-400mm belt), triple expansion engines (10,000 HP). Foundation of Kaiserliche Marine battleship fleet, enabled by Naval Law of 1889. Established German pre-dreadnought pattern. Commissioned 1893-1894, served until 1910-1920 (27 years maximum). FREE STARTING SHIP! Contemporary with British Royal Sovereign-class (1892).
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 10013 t
- Displacement (full)
- 10670 t
- Length
- 379.6 ft
- Beam
- 64 ft
- Crew
- 568
- Ships built
- 4
- Commissioned
- 1893-1894
- Decommissioned
- 1910-1920
Performance
- Top speed
- 16.5 kn
- Range
- 4500 nm at 10 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- "6× 28cm SK L/35 guns" (UNIQUE layout - 3× twin turrets!)
- Secondary guns
- 8× 10.5cm SK L/35 guns
- Torpedoes
- 6× 45cm torpedo tubes
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 300-400mm (11.8-15.7 inches)
- Deck
- 60mm
- Fire control
- Optical rangefinders
In-Game
- Tier
- T1
- Game power
- 9.79
- Research cost
- 215
- Credit cost
- 6,853
Notable
- FREE STARTING BATTLESHIP!
- FIRST OCEAN-GOING GERMAN BATTLESHIP! (1893!)
- 6× 28CM GUNS! (3× twin turrets, unique layout!)
- 10,013 tons (first German 10,000+ ton BB!)
- Foundation of Kaiserliche Marine battleship fleet
- Harvey nickel-steel armor (modern protection!)
- Triple expansion engines (10,000 HP)
- 4 ships built (Brandenburg, Wörth, Weißenburg, Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm)
- Served 1893-1920 (27 years maximum service!)
- Enabled by Naval Law of 1889 (Tirpitz expansion)
- Established German pre-dreadnought pattern