SMS Westfalen (Nassau-class - First German Dreadnoughts!)
HEXAGONAL LAYOUT - 1909 First German Dreadnoughts! - Nassau-class (commissioned November 16, 1909). 21,000 tons, 20.2 KNOTS, 12× 28cm (11") guns - HEXAGONAL LAYOUT! (UNIQUE!). ONLY 8-GUN BROADSIDE (inefficient!). Wing turrets limited arcs! Triple-expansion engines (NOT turbines yet!). FIRST GERMAN DREADNOUGHT CLASS! ALL-BIG-GUN design! Krupp armor (300mm belt!). BATTLE OF JUTLAND (May 31-June 1, 1916) - veteran! Hit by 2 shells (minor damage!). HEXAGONAL LIMITATION exposed! British ships better arcs! DESIGN LESSON! (Future German BBs = centerline!). Kaiser class (1912): Superfiring! König class (1914): ALL CENTERLINE! SCAPA FLOW (Nov 21, 1918). OPERATION RAINBOW (June 21, 1919) - scuttled! SALVAGED 1924-1925 (one of first!). Scrapped Rosyth 1925! DREADNOUGHT PIONEER!
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 18873 t
- Displacement (full)
- 21000 t
- Length
- 479.3 ft
- Beam
- 88.3 ft
- Crew
- 963 (officers + men)
- Ships built
- 1 (second Nassau-class ship)
- Commissioned
- 1909 (November 16, 1909)
- Decommissioned
- 1919 (scuttled June 21, 1919 - Scapa Flow)
Performance
- Top speed
- 19 kn
- Range
- 8300 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 - THICK for era!)
- Deck
- 55-80mm (deck armor)
In-Game
- Tier
- T1
- Game power
- 6.2
- Research cost
- 136
- Credit cost
- 4,340
Notable
- **FIRST GERMAN DREADNOUGHT CLASS!** (Nassau class!)
- Second Nassau-class (commissioned November 16, 1909)
- **21,000 tons full load**, **20.2 KNOTS**
- **12× 28cm (11") guns** - **HEXAGONAL LAYOUT!** (UNIQUE!)
- **ONLY 8-GUN BROADSIDE** (inefficient vs 12 total!)
- Wing turrets limited fire arcs (design compromise!)
- Triple-expansion engines (22,000 ihp - NOT turbines yet!)
- **ALL-BIG-GUN** design (Dreadnought Revolution!)
- Krupp cemented armor (300mm belt - 11.8 inches!)
- **400mm CONNING TOWER** (15.7 inches - massive!)
- I Battle Squadron, High Seas Fleet (WWI)
- Scarborough Raid (December 16, 1914)
- **BATTLE OF JUTLAND** (May 31-June 1, 1916) - veteran!
- Hit by **2 LARGE-CALIBER SHELLS** (minor damage!)
- **HEXAGONAL LAYOUT LIMITATION** exposed in battle!
- British ships had better fire arcs (tactical disadvantage!)
- **SURVIVED JUTLAND** - returned for minor repairs!
- **DESIGN LESSON LEARNED!** (Future German BBs = centerline turrets!)
- Kaiser class (1912): Superfiring centerline layout
- König class (1914): **ALL CENTERLINE** layout
- Post-Jutland service (1916-1918)
- Wilhelmshaven mutinies (October-November 1918)
- **SCAPA FLOW INTERNMENT** (November 21, 1918)
- **OPERATION RAINBOW** (June 21, 1919) - mass scuttling!
- **WESTFALEN SANK** at Scapa Flow!
- **SALVAGED 1924-1925** (one of first!)
- Shallow water salvage (80 feet depth)
- Scrapped Rosyth 1925 (Krupp steel recycled!)
- **DREADNOUGHT PIONEER!** (First German all-big-gun BB!)