SMS Elsass (Braunschweig-class - Improved Armor!)
LONGEST SERVICE - 1904 Target Ship Champion! - Braunschweig-class (commissioned November 25, 1904 - second ship!). 13,208 tons, 18.7 KNOTS, 4× 28cm (11") guns. Improved armor! 280mm TURRET ARMOR (11 inches - THICK!)! 14× 17cm secondary guns (heavier firepower!). WWI COASTAL DEFENSE (1914-1918)! SURVIVED WWI! TARGET SHIP 1921-1931 (10 YEARS!)! SURVIVED HUNDREDS OF SHELLS from German warships! SURVIVED DOZENS OF BOMBS from Luftwaffe! KRUPP ARMOR PROVED SUPERIORITY! (Still afloat after 10 years target practice!). Final decommissioning 1931! SCRAPPED 1936! 32 YEARS TOTAL SERVICE! (1904-1936!). LONGEST BRAUNSCHWEIG-CLASS SERVICE! 3 BRAUNSCHWEIG-CLASS SURVIVED INTO WWII! (Target ships!).
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 13208 t
- Displacement (full)
- 14394 t
- Length
- 419 ft
- Beam
- 72.8 ft
- Crew
- 743 (officers + men)
- Ships built
- 1 (second Braunschweig-class ship)
- Commissioned
- 1904 (November 25, 1904)
- Decommissioned
- 1931 (target ship until 1931, scrapped 1936)
Performance
- Top speed
- 18 kn
- Range
- 4500 nm at 10 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- "4× 28cm SK L/40 guns" (2× twin turrets - 11-INCH!)
- Secondary guns
- "14× 17cm SK L/40 guns" (broadside casemates)
- Torpedoes
- "6× 45cm torpedo tubes" (submerged)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 225mm (8.9 inches - Krupp armor!)
- Deck
- 40mm (1.6 inches)
In-Game
- Tier
- T1
- Game power
- 1.38
- Research cost
- 30
- Credit cost
- 966
Notable
- **LONGEST BRAUNSCHWEIG-CLASS SERVICE!** (32 years total - 1904-1936!)
- **10 YEARS TARGET SHIP!** (1921-1931 - survived thousands of hits!)
- Second Braunschweig-class (commissioned November 25, 1904)
- **13,208 tons standard**, **14,394 tons full load**
- **18.7 KNOTS** trials (18 kts design)
- **4× 28cm (11") guns** in 2× twin turrets (MORE POWERFUL!)
- **14× 17cm secondary guns** (heavier than Wittelsbach 15cm!)
- Triple-expansion steam engines (16,000 ihp)
- 8 cylindrical + 6 water-tube boilers (mixed system!)
- Krupp cemented armor (225mm belt - 8.9 inches!)
- **280mm TURRET ARMOR** (11 inches - THICK!)
- **300mm CONNING TOWER** (11.8 inches)
- I Battle Squadron, German Fleet (peacetime)
- **WWI COASTAL DEFENSE** (1914-1918) - entire war!
- Baltic Sea operations, training ship duties
- **SURVIVED WWI!** (Like all Braunschweig-class!)
- Decommissioned 1919 (active fleet)
- **TARGET SHIP CONVERSION 1921!** (Reichsmarine gunnery training!)
- **SURVIVED HUNDREDS OF SHELLS** from German warships!
- **SURVIVED DOZENS OF BOMBS** from Luftwaffe practice!
- **KRUPP ARMOR PROVED SUPERIORITY!** (Still afloat after 10 years target practice!)
- Final decommissioning 1931 (too damaged to continue)
- **SCRAPPED 1936** (broken up for steel!)
- **32 YEARS TOTAL SERVICE!** (1904-1936!)
- **ALL 5 BRAUNSCHWEIG-CLASS SURVIVED WWI!**
- **3 BRAUNSCHWEIG-CLASS SURVIVED INTO WWII!** (Target ships!)
- Improved armor over Wittelsbach class
- Design lessons led to Deutschland class!
- **LONGEST-LIVED GERMAN PRE-DREADNOUGHTS!**
- German naval expansion era (1900s)