SMS Braunschweig Battleship
First 28cm Quick-Firing Guns - 1904 Krupp Innovation! - 5 ships: SMS BRAUNSCHWEIG, SMS Elsass, SMS Hessen, SMS Preussen, SMS Lothringen. FIRST 28CM QUICK-FIRING GUNS! (Krupp technological breakthrough - previously only 24cm had QF capability!). 13,208 tons, 18 kts, 4× 28cm QF guns (11" caliber with rapid-fire!) + 14× 17cm QF secondary guns (6.7" - larger than earlier 15cm!). Krupp cemented armor (229mm belt), 3-shaft triple expansion engines (16,000 HP, +1000 HP!). Major firepower jump responding to British/French escalation. Commissioned 1904-1906, served WWI in limited roles (training, coastal defense). SMS Braunschweig served until 1931 (longest service!). Last major pre-dreadnoughts before Deutschland class. Contemporary with British King Edward VII-class (1905).
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 13208 t
- Displacement (full)
- 14394 t
- Length
- 419 ft
- Beam
- 72.8 ft
- Crew
- 743
- Ships built
- 5
- Commissioned
- 1904-1906
- Decommissioned
- 1919-1931
Performance
- Top speed
- 18 kn
- Range
- 4500 nm at 10 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- "4× 28cm SK L/40 quick-firing guns" (2× twin turrets - FIRST 28cm QF!)
- Secondary guns
- "14× 17cm SK L/40 quick-firing guns" (LARGER caliber!)
- Torpedoes
- 6× 45cm torpedo tubes
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 229-100mm (9-4 inches)
- Deck
- 76mm (3 inches)
- Fire control
- Optical rangefinders with improved rangefinding
In-Game
- Tier
- T1
- Game power
- 12.68
- Research cost
- 279
- Credit cost
- 8,876
Notable
- FIRST 28CM QUICK-FIRING GUNS! (Krupp technological breakthrough!)
- KRUPP 28CM QF INNOVATION! (previously only 24cm had QF technology!)
- 13,208 tons standard (significant size increase!)
- 18 knots maximum speed (maintained despite larger size)
- 5 ships built (Braunschweig, Elsass, Hessen, Preussen, Lothringen)
- 4× 28cm QF main guns (11" caliber, rapid-fire capability!)
- 14× 17cm QF secondary guns (6.7" - LARGER than 15cm!)
- Triple expansion engines (16,000 ihp, +1000 HP!)
- Krupp cemented armor (229mm belt maximum)
- Commissioned 1904-1906 (Braunschweig first: October 15, 1904)
- Laid down at Wilhelmshaven Navy Dockyard (October 1901)
- Served in WWI (limited service due to pre-dreadnought obsolescence)
- SMS Braunschweig: Training ship 1916-1931 (longest service!)
- SMS Elsass: Named after Alsace region (Elsass in German)
- SMS Hessen: Coastal defense duty WWI
- SMS Preussen: Training ship post-WWI
- SMS Lothringen: Target ship 1931, scrapped 1931
- Major technological step toward dreadnought era
- Last pre-dreadnoughts before Deutschland class (1906)