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} |} The ''Kaiser'' class was a class of five battleships that were built in Germany prior to World War I and served in the Imperial German Navy during the war. They were the third class of German dreadnoughts, and the first to feature turbine engines and superfiring turrets. The five ships were , , , , and . As was usual for German battleships of the period, the ''Kaiser'' class mounted main guns that were smaller than those of their British rivals: , compared to the guns of the British . All five ships saw action in the North Sea during the war; they served together as the VI Division of the III Battle Squadron. Four were present during the Battle of Jutland; was in dock at the time. Of the four ships that took part in the battle, only ''Kaiser'' was damaged, being struck by two heavy-caliber shells. The ships also took part in Operation Albion in the Baltic Sea; during the operation they were reorganized as the IV Battle Squadron, under the command of Vice Admiral Wilhelm Souchon. At the end of the war, all five ships were interned at the British naval base in Scapa Flow. On 21 June 1919, they were scuttled to prevent their seizure by the Royal Navy. The ships were subsequently raised and broken up for scrap between 1929 and 1937. == Design == The ''Kaiser''-class ships were ordered under the same Second Naval Law as the preceding ''Helgoland''-class battleships. The law provided that the life expectancy of capital ships was to be reduced from 25 to 20 years, a measure designed to necessitate construction of newer battleships. This meant that the six s, the two s, as well as the four s would have to be replaced. The five ''Kaiser''s were to replace the remaining three ''Siegfried''-class ships: , , and , as well as the two ''Odin''-class ships: and . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kaiser-class battleship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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