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SMS ''Deutschland'' was the first of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Kaiserliche Marine between 1903 and 1906. She was named after the German name for Germany, and built at the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel, where she was launched on 20 November 1904. She was commissioned on 3 August 1906, only a few months before was commissioned, the first of a revolutionary new standard of "all-big-gun" battleships which rendered ''Deutschland'' and the rest of her class obsolete. She served as the flagship of Prince Heinrich until 1913. With the outbreak of World War I in mid-1914, ''Deutschland'' and her sisters were tasked with defending the mouth of the Elbe and the German Bight from possible British incursions while the rest of the fleet was being mobilized. ''Deutschland'' and the other four ships of her class were then attached to the High Seas Fleet as the II Battle Squadron; the unit participated in most of the large-scale fleet actions in the first two years of war, culminating in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916. Late on the first day of the battle, ''Deutschland'' and the other pre-dreadnoughts briefly engaged several British battlecruisers before retreating. After the battle, ''Deutschland'' and her three surviving sisters were assigned to coastal defense duties. By 1917, they had been withdrawn from combat service completely and tasked with auxiliary roles. ''Deutschland'' was used as a barracks ship in Wilhelmshaven until the end of the war. She was struck from the naval register on 25 January 1920, sold to ship breakers that year, and broken up for scrap by 1922. Her bow ornament is preserved at the Eckernförde underwater weapons school and her bell is on display at the Mausoleum of Prince Heinrich on the Hemmelmark estate. == Construction == (詳細はbattle line with the other battleships of the Imperial German Navy. She was laid down on 20 July 1903 at the Germaniawerft dockyard in Kiel, and launched on 19 November 1904. Her trials lasted from 3 August 1906 until September. The British battleship —armed with ten 12 inch (30.5 cm) guns—was commissioned in December 1906. ''Dreadnought''s revolutionary design rendered every capital ship of the German navy obsolete, including ''Deutschland''. ''Deutschland'' was long, had a beam of , and a draft of . She had a full-load displacement of and was equipped with coal-fired triple expansion engines that produced a rated and gave her a top speed of . At a cruising speed of , she could steam for . ''Deutschland''s primary armament consisted of four guns in two twin turrets. She was also equipped with fourteen guns mounted in casemates, twenty guns in pivot mounts, and six torpedo tubes were submerged in the hull. 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 Deutschland (1904)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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