SMS Grosser Kurfurst

The Ship


Built Vulcan, Hamburg, laid down October 1911, completed July 1914.

Size:
Length 575 feet 6 inches overall, 96 feet 9 inches beam, draught 30 feet 6 inches deep load, displacement 25,390 tons normal 29,200 tons deep load.

Propulsion:
3shaft Parsons/AEG-Vulcan/Bergmann turbines, 31,000 shp = 21kts

Armour:
14-3in belt, 12in barbettes, 12in turrets, 2.5in decks

Armament:
10 x 12in SKL/50 (5 x 2), 14 x 5.9in (14 x 1), 10 x 3.45in (14 x 1), 5 x 19.7in TT

III Battle Squadron.
7 December 1914 collided with SMS König near Wilhelmshaven.
Present at Battle of Jutland in 1916. Fired 135 12 inch rounds. Hit by 4 15 inch 3 13.5 inch shells causing 15 dead and 10 wounded.
Repairs at Hamburg.
5 November 1916 torpedoed by British submarine J1 off the Danish coast.
February 1917 returned from repairs.
9 February 1917 ran aground.
5 March 1917 collided with SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm.
April 1917 repairs.
October 1917 part of operations near the Baltic Islands.
12 October 1917 hit as mine.
December 1917 returned form repairs in Wilhelmshaven.
25 April 1918 damaged entering Wilhelmshaven harbor.
May 1918 returned from repairs in Wilhelmshaven.
30 May 1918 ran aground near Heligoland.
August 1918 returned from repairs in Wilhelmshaven.
Interned and Scuttled at Scapa Flow at the end of World War 1

My Postcards

Not postally used.
Postcard series: M.Dieterle,Kiel
Postcard number: 184

 

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