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SMS Kaiser Super-Dreadnought Battleship (First Turbines!)

GER Battleship Super-Dreadnought Tier 3 Power 37.81

TURBINE REVOLUTION - 1912 Finally Superfiring! - 5 ships: SMS KAISER, SMS FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE (Jutland flagship!), SMS Kaiserin, SMS Prinzregent Luitpold, SMS König Albert. FIRST GERMAN TURBINE BATTLESHIPS! (Steam turbines, 46,000 shp, +64% power!). SUPERFIRING TURRETS! (Finally abandoned inefficient hexagonal layout!). 24,724 tons, 23.4 kts (+3 kts, +14% faster!), 10× 30.5cm guns in 5× twin superfiring turrets (1 bow, 2 wing en echelon, 2 stern superfiring!). Learned from Moltke battlecruiser design. Krupp armor (350mm belt, thickest yet!). ALL 5 FOUGHT JUTLAND (III Battle Squadron), FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE was HIGH SEAS FLEET FLAGSHIP (Admiral Scheer commanded from her!). All survived Jutland. ALL 5 SCUTTLED SCAPA FLOW (June 21, 1919, Rear Admiral von Reuter's mass scuttling protest!). REVOLUTIONARY!

Specifications

Displacement (std)
24724 t
Displacement (full)
27400 t
Length
565.6 ft
Beam
95.1 ft
Crew
1084
Ships built
5
Commissioned
1912-1913
Decommissioned
1919 (All scuttled at 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 - SUPERFIRING!)
Secondary guns
14× 15cm SK L/45 guns
Torpedoes
5× 50cm torpedo tubes

Armor & Systems

Belt
350mm (13.8 inches - THICKEST YET!)
Deck
60mm
Fire control
Improved optical rangefinders, centralized fire control

In-Game

Tier
T3
Game power
37.81
Research cost
7,486
Credit cost
26,467

Notable

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