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SMS ''Baden'' was a dreadnought battleship of the German Imperial Navy built during World War I. Launched in October 1915 and completed in March 1917, she was the last battleship completed for use in the war; two of her sisters—''Sachsen'' and ''Württemberg''—were incomplete when the war ended. The ship mounted eight guns in four twin turrets, displaced at full combat load, and had a top speed of . Along with her sister , ''Baden'' was the largest and most powerfully armed battleship built by the Imperial Navy. Upon commissioning into the High Seas Fleet, ''Baden'' was made the fleet flagship, replacing . ''Baden'' saw little action during her short career; the only major sortie in April 1918 ended without any combat. Following the German collapse in November 1918, ''Baden'' was interned with the majority of the High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow by the British Royal Navy. On 21 June 1919, Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter ordered the scuttling of the fleet. However, British sailors in the harbor managed to board ''Baden'' and beach her to prevent her sinking. The ship was refloated, thoroughly examined, and eventually sunk in extensive gunnery testing by the Royal Navy in 1921. == Construction == ''Baden'' was ordered under the provisional name ''Ersatz Wörth'' in 1912, under the fourth and final Naval Law, which was passed that year. Construction began at the Schichau-Werke dockyard in Danzig under construction number 913. The ship was laid down on 20 December 1913 and launched on 30 October 1915. After fitting-out, sea trials were conducted; the ship was commissioned into service on 14 March 1917. She had cost the Imperial German Government 49 million Goldmarks. ''Baden''s two sisterships, ''Sachsen'' and ''Württemberg'', both lay incomplete at the end of World War I and were subsequently scrapped, leaving ''Baden'' the last battleship built for the Imperial Navy. ''Baden'' was long at the waterline, and long overall. She had a draft of between . ''Baden'' displaced at her designed displacement, which did not include a full load of combat supplies, fuel, and other operational necessities; at full combat load, she displaced up to . ''Baden''s displacement was more than greater than that of the preceding ships, making her the largest battleship built by the Imperial Navy. ''Baden'' was powered by three sets of Schichau steam turbines, which were rated at , and produced a maximum of . Designed speed was , but ''Baden'' achieved a maximum speed of . She was armed with eight 38 cm (15 in) guns arranged in four twin gun turrets: two superfiring turret pairs fore and aft of the superstructure. ''Baden'' and her sister ''Bayern'' were the first German warships to feature guns of this caliber; earlier battleships carried either 28 or 30.5 cm (11 or 12 inch) guns. Her secondary armament consisted of sixteen 15 cm (5.9 in) guns, six 8.8 cm (3.45 in) guns and five 60 cm (23.6 in) underwater torpedo tubes, one in the bow and two on each beam. Upon commissioning, she carried a crew of 42 officers and 1,129 enlisted men. 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「SMS Baden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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