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SMS ''Hannover'' ("His Majesty's Ship Hannover") was the second of five pre-dreadnoughts of the German Imperial Navy (''Kaiserliche Marine''). ''Hannover'' and the three subsequently constructed ships differed slightly in both design and construction from the lead ship in their propulsion systems and slightly thicker armor. ''Hannover'' was laid down in November 1904 and commissioned into the High Seas Fleet in October 1907; this was ten months after the revolutionary "all-big-gun" was commissioned into the Royal Navy. As a result, ''Hannover'' was obsolete as a capital ship before she was even completed; ''Dreadnought''s more powerful main battery and higher speed would have made it unwise for a ship like ''Hannover'' to engage her in the line of battle. The ship was named after the Prussian province of Hannover, now in Lower Saxony. ''Hannover'' and her sisters saw extensive service with the fleet. The ship took part in all major training maneuvers until World War I broke out in July 1914. ''Hannover'' and her sisters were immediately pressed into guard duties in the mouth of the Elbe River while the rest of the fleet mobilized. The ship took part in a number of fleet advances, which culminated in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916. During the battle, ''Hannover'' served as the flagship for the IV Division of the II Battle Squadron. After Jutland, ''Hannover'' and her three surviving sisters were removed from active duty with the fleet to serve as guard ships. In 1917, ''Hannover'' was briefly used as a target ship before being returned to guard duties in the Baltic Sea. The ship was decommissioned in December 1918, shortly after the end of the war. ''Hannover'' was brought back to active service in the Reichsmarine, the post-war Germany navy. She served with the fleet for ten years, from 1921 to 1931, before she was again decommissioned. The navy planned to convert the ship into a radio-controlled target ship for aircraft, but this was never carried out. The ship was ultimately broken up for scrap between 1944 and 1946 in Bremerhaven. Her bell is preserved at the Military History Museum of the Bundeswehr in Dresden. == Construction == (詳細はbattle line with the other battleships of the High Seas Fleet. The ship was laid down on 7 November 1904 at the Kaiserliche Werft shipyard in Wilhelmshaven. She was launched on 29 May 1905 and commissioned for trials on 1 October 1907, but the fleet exercises in the Skagerrak in November interrupted the trials. Trials resumed after the maneuvers were completed, and by 13 February 1908 ''Hannover'' was ready to join the active fleet. She was assigned to the II Battle Squadron of the High Seas Fleet, joining her sisters and . However, the new British battleship —armed with ten 12-inch (30.5 cm) guns—was commissioned in December 1906, well before ''Hannover'' entered service. ''Dreadnought''s revolutionary design rendered obsolete every ship of the German navy, including the brand-new ''Hannover''. ''Hannover'' was long, had a beam of , and a draft of . She had a full-load displacement of . The ship was equipped with triple expansion engines that produced a rated and a top speed of . At a cruising speed of , she could steam for . The ship's primary armament consisted of four guns in two twin turrets. She was also equipped with fourteen guns mounted in casemates and twenty guns in pivot mounts. The ship was also armed with six torpedo tubes, all of which 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 Hannover」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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