SMS Friedrich der Große (Kaiser-class - Jutland Flagship!)
JUTLAND FLAGSHIP - 1912 Scheer's Command Ship! - Kaiser-class super-dreadnought (commissioned October 10, 1912). 27,000 tons, 23.4 KNOTS, 10× 30.5cm (12") guns. FIRST GERMAN TURBINE BB! Superfiring layout! FLEET FLAGSHIP 1913. ADMIRAL SCHEER'S FLAGSHIP AT JUTLAND! (May 31-June 1, 1916). COMMAND CENTER! GEFECHTSKEHRTWENDUNG (famous "battle about-turn")! Saved High Seas Fleet from destruction! ESCAPED UNDAMAGED! Scheer's tactical brilliance! Continued flagship post-Jutland. SCAPA FLOW INTERNMENT (Nov 21, 1918). OPERATION RAINBOW (June 21, 1919) - FLAGSHIP SCUTTLED! Part of LARGEST MASS SCUTTLING (74 ships!). SALVAGED 1937-1938 (raised, scrapped Rosyth). Former Jutland flagship reduced to scrap. CENTER OF GERMAN NAVAL POWER!
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 24724 t
- Displacement (full)
- 27000 t
- Length
- 565.6 ft
- Beam
- 95.1 ft
- Crew
- 1084 (officers + men)
- Ships built
- 1 (fourth Kaiser-class ship)
- Commissioned
- 1912 (October 10, 1912)
- Decommissioned
- 1919 (scuttled June 21, 1919 - Scapa Flow)
Performance
- Top speed
- 21 kn
- Range
- 7900 nm at 12 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- "10× 30.5cm SK L/50 guns" (5× twin turrets - 12-INCH!)
- Secondary guns
- "14× 15cm SK L/45 guns" (casemate mounts)
- Torpedoes
- "5× 50cm torpedo tubes" (submerged)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 350mm (13.8 inches - THICK!)
- Deck
- 100mm (3.9 inches)
In-Game
- Tier
- T1
- Game power
- 12.58
- Research cost
- 277
- Credit cost
- 8,806
Notable
- **JUTLAND FLAGSHIP!** (Admiral Scheer's command ship!)
- Fourth Kaiser-class (commissioned October 10, 1912)
- **27,000 tons full load**, **23.4 KNOTS** (trials)
- **10× 30.5cm (12") guns** in 5× twin turrets
- **FIRST GERMAN TURBINE BATTLESHIP CLASS!** (Revolutionary!)
- Parsons steam turbines (31,000 shp)
- **SUPERFIRING LAYOUT** - 2 forward, 1 aft (improved broadside!)
- Krupp cemented armor (350mm belt - 13.8 inches!)
- **400mm CONNING TOWER** (15.7 inches - massive!)
- **FLEET FLAGSHIP** designated 1913
- **ADMIRAL SCHEER'S FLAGSHIP** from 1916
- Enhanced command and control facilities
- **BATTLE OF JUTLAND** (May 31-June 1, 1916) - FLAGSHIP!
- **SCHEER COMMANDED FROM BRIDGE!** (Command center!)
- **GEFECHTSKEHRTWENDUNG!** (Famous "battle about-turn"!)
- **ESCAPED JUTLAND UNDAMAGED!** (Scheer's tactical brilliance!)
- Saved High Seas Fleet from destruction
- Continued as flagship post-Jutland (1916-1918)
- Wilhelmshaven mutinies (October-November 1918)
- **SCAPA FLOW INTERNMENT** (November 21, 1918)
- **FLAGSHIP OF INTERNED FLEET!**
- **OPERATION RAINBOW** (June 21, 1919) - mass scuttling!
- **FLAGSHIP SCUTTLED!** (Symbolic defiance!)
- Part of **LARGEST MASS SCUTTLING** (74 ships!)
- **SALVAGED 1937-1938** (raised, scrapped Rosyth)
- Former Jutland flagship reduced to scrap metal
- **COMMAND CENTER OF HIGH SEAS FLEET!**
- **CENTER OF GERMAN NAVAL POWER!**