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: ''For the battleship of the same name, see SMS Friedrich der Grosse (1911).'' SMS ''Friedrich der Grosse'' (or ''Große'' ) was an armored frigate of the German Kaiserliche Marine. She was the second of three s, in addition to her two sister-ships and . Named for Frederick the Great, she was laid down at the Imperial Dockyard in Kiel in 1871 and completed in 1877. Her main battery of four guns was mounted pair of twin gun turrets amidships. ''Friedrich der Grosse'' served with the fleet from her commissioning until 1896, though she was frequently placed in reserve throughout her career. The ship was a regular participant in the annual fleet training maneuvers conducted with the exception of the mid-1880s, when she was temporarily replaced by newer vessels. She participated in several cruises in the Baltic and Mediterranean, often escorting Kaiser Wilhelm II on official state visits. The ship was removed from active service in 1896, after which she was used in secondary roles until 1919, when she was stricken from the naval register and sold to a scrapyard. ''Friedrich der Grosse'' was broken up for scrap the following year. == Construction == ''Friedrich der Grosse'' was ordered by the Imperial Navy from the Imperial Dockyard in Kiel; her keel was laid in 1871 under construction number 1. The ship was launched on 20 September 1874 and commissioned into the German fleet on 22 November 1877. Although laid down a year before her sister , ''Friedrich der Grosse'' was not completed until a year after; this was because she was built at a newly established and inexperienced Imperial Dockyard, while ''Preussen'' was built by AG Vulcan, an experienced private shipbuilder. The ship cost the German government 7,303,000 gold marks. The ship was long overall and had a beam of and a draft of forward. ''Friedrich der Grosse'' was powered by one 3-cylinder single expansion steam engine, which was supplied with steam by six coal-fired transverse trunk boilers. The ship's top speed was , at . She was also equipped with a full ship rig. Her standard complement consisted of 46 officers and 454 enlisted men. She was armed with four L/22 guns mounted in a pair of gun turrets placed amidships. As built, the ship was also equipped with two L/25 chase guns. After being rebuilt in 1888–1890, her armament was increased by six and later ten L/30 quick-firing guns, a pair of machine guns, and five torpedo tubes, all placed in the ship's hull below the waterline. ''Preussen''s armor was made of wrought iron and backed with teak. The armored belt was arrayed in two strakes. The upper strake was thick; the lower strake ranged in thickness from . Both were backed with of teak. The gun turrets were protected by armor on the sides, backed by 260 mm of teak. 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 Friedrich der Grosse (1874)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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