SMS Wettin (Wittelsbach-class - Improved Design!)
WITTELSBACH-CLASS IMPROVED - 1902 Refined Design! - Wittelsbach-class (commissioned October 1, 1902 - second ship!). 11,774 tons, 18.5 KNOTS, 4× 24cm (9.4") guns. Improved armor scheme! Krupp cemented armor (225mm belt!)! 18× 15cm secondary guns (broadside casemates!). WWI COASTAL DEFENSE (1914-1918) - entire war! Baltic operations, training ship! SURVIVED WWI! Decommissioned 1919 (Treaty of Versailles). SCRAPPED 1921-1922 (broken up for steel!). 19 YEARS SERVICE! (1902-1921!). ALL 5 WITTELSBACH-CLASS SURVIVED WWI! ALL SCRAPPED 1920-1922! (Peacetime disposal!). Transitional pre-dreadnought design! Design lessons led to Braunschweig class!
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 11774 t
- Displacement (full)
- 12798 t
- Length
- 416 ft
- Beam
- 74.8 ft
- Crew
- 650 (officers + men)
- Ships built
- 1 (second Wittelsbach-class ship)
- Commissioned
- 1902 (October 1, 1902)
- Decommissioned
- 1921 (scrapped 1921-1922 - 19 years service!)
Performance
- Top speed
- 18 kn
- Range
- 5000 nm at 10 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- "4× 24cm SK L/40 guns" (2× twin turrets - 9.4-INCH!)
- Secondary guns
- "18× 15cm SK L/40 guns" (broadside casemates)
- Torpedoes
- "6× 45cm torpedo tubes" (submerged)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 225mm (8.9 inches - Krupp armor!)
- Deck
- 50mm (2 inches)
In-Game
- Tier
- T1
- Game power
- 0.81
- Research cost
- 18
- Credit cost
- 567
Notable
- **WITTELSBACH-CLASS IMPROVED!** (Second ship refined design!)
- Second Wittelsbach-class (commissioned October 1, 1902)
- **11,774 tons standard**, **12,798 tons full load**
- **18.5 KNOTS** trials (18 kts design)
- **4× 24cm (9.4") guns** in 2× twin turrets (1 forward, 1 aft)
- **18× 15cm secondary guns** (broadside casemates!)
- Triple-expansion steam engines (14,000 ihp)
- 6 cylindrical + 6 water-tube boilers (mixed system!)
- Krupp cemented armor (225mm belt - 8.9 inches!)
- **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!** (Unlike many pre-dreadnoughts!)
- Decommissioned 1919 (Treaty of Versailles impact)
- **SCRAPPED 1921-1922** (broken up for steel!)
- **19 YEARS SERVICE** (1902-1921!)
- **ALL 5 WITTELSBACH-CLASS SURVIVED WWI!**
- **ALL SCRAPPED 1920-1922!** (Peacetime disposal!)
- Improved armor scheme over Kaiser Friedrich III
- Design lessons led to Braunschweig class (28cm guns!)
- Transitional pre-dreadnought design
- Part of German naval expansion (1900s)
- German-British naval arms race era