SMS Thüringen (Nassau-class - Jutland Heavy Combat!)
HEAVY JUTLAND DAMAGE - 1911 Ultimate Survival Story! - Nassau-class (commissioned July 1, 1911 - FINAL Nassau-class!). 21,000 tons, 20.1 KNOTS, 12× 28cm (11") guns - HEXAGONAL! LAST HEXAGONAL-LAYOUT BB BUILT! BATTLE OF JUTLAND (May 31-June 1, 1916) - HEAVY COMBAT! HIT BY 16 LARGE-CALIBER SHELLS! (13.5" and 15"!) HEAVIEST NASSAU-CLASS DAMAGE! Severe damage - fires, flooding, armor penetrations, turret damage! Speed reduced, combat degraded! KRUPP ARMOR SAVED SHIP! Excellent damage control! SURVIVED! Limped home! 2+ MONTHS REPAIRS (June-August 1916!)! Returned service August 1916! SCAPA FLOW (Nov 21, 1918). OPERATION RAINBOW (June 21, 1919) - scuttled! SALVAGED 1923-1924! Scrapped Rosyth! ULTIMATE SURVIVAL STORY! (16 hits, still survived!) KRUPP ARMOR SUPERIORITY PROVEN!
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 22808 t
- Displacement (full)
- 21000 t
- Length
- 548.6 ft
- Beam
- 93.5 ft
- Crew
- 963 (officers + men)
- Ships built
- 1 (fourth and FINAL Nassau-class ship)
- Commissioned
- 1911 (July 1, 1911)
- Decommissioned
- 1919 (scuttled June 21, 1919 - Scapa Flow)
Performance
- Top speed
- 20.8 kn
- Range
- 5500 nm at 10 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- "12× 28cm SK L/45 guns" (6× twin turrets - 11-INCH!)
- Secondary guns
- "12× 15cm SK L/45 guns" (casemate mounts)
- Torpedoes
- "6× 45cm torpedo tubes" (submerged)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 300mm (11.8 inches)
- Deck
- 55-80mm
In-Game
- Tier
- T1
- Game power
- 11.9
- Research cost
- 262
- Credit cost
- 8,330
Notable
- **HEAVIEST JUTLAND DAMAGE!** (16 large-caliber shell hits!)
- **LAST HEXAGONAL-LAYOUT BB!** (Final Nassau-class!)
- Fourth Nassau-class (commissioned July 1, 1911)
- **21,000 tons**, **20.1 KNOTS**
- **12× 28cm (11") guns** - HEXAGONAL LAYOUT!
- Only 8-gun broadside (inefficient!)
- Triple-expansion engines (22,000 ihp)
- Krupp armor (300mm belt - 11.8 inches!)
- 400mm conning tower (15.7 inches)
- I Battle Squadron, High Seas Fleet
- **BATTLE OF JUTLAND** (May 31-June 1, 1916) - **HEAVY COMBAT!**
- **HIT BY 16 LARGE-CALIBER SHELLS!** (13.5" and 15"!)
- Severe damage - fires, flooding, casualties
- Armor penetrations, turret damage, casemate destruction
- Speed reduced, combat degraded
- **KRUPP ARMOR SAVED SHIP!** (Despite 16 hits!)
- Excellent damage control prevented sinking
- **SURVIVED!** Limped back to Germany!
- **2+ MONTHS REPAIRS** required (June-August 1916!)
- Returned to service August 1916
- Heavy-combat survivor (respected veteran!)
- **SCAPA FLOW** (November 21, 1918)
- **OPERATION RAINBOW** (June 21, 1919) - scuttled!
- **SALVAGED 1923-1924** (one of first!)
- Scrapped Rosyth 1924
- **ULTIMATE SURVIVAL STORY!** (16 hits, still survived!)
- **KRUPP ARMOR SUPERIORITY PROVEN!**