|
SMS ''Kaiser Friedrich III'' ("His Majesty's Ship ''Emperor Frederick III''") was the lead ship of the of pre-dreadnought battleships. She was laid down at the ''Kaiserliche Werft'' in Wilhelmshaven in 1895, and finished in October 1898. The ship was armed with a main battery of four guns in two twin gun turrets. After she was commissioned on 7 October 1898, the ship became the flagship of Prince Henry in the I Squadron of the German ''Heimatflotte'' (Home Fleet). In 1901, the ship was severely damaged after striking an underwater obstacle in the Baltic, though she was subsequently repaired. The ship took part in extensive fleet maneuvers in 1900 and 1902. In 1907, the ''Heimatflotte'' was reorganized as the ''Hochseeflotte'' (High Seas Fleet). In 1908, ''Kaiser Friedrich III'' was modernized; her secondary guns were reorganized and her superstructure was cut down to reduce top-heaviness. Obsolete by the beginning of World War I, ''Kaiser Friedrich III'' and her sister ships served in a limited capacity as coastal defense ships in the V Battle Squadron in the early months of the war. By January 1915, ''Kaiser Friedrich'' was withdrawn from service and employed as a prison ship. She was scrapped in 1919, following the end of the war. == Design == (詳細はlong overall and had a beam of and a draft of forward and aft. The ship was powered by three 3-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engines that drove three screw propellers. Steam was provided by four Marine-type and eight cylindrical boilers, all of which burned coal. ''Kaiser Friedrich III''s powerplant was rated at , which generated a top speed of . ''Kaiser Friedrich III''s armament consisted of a main battery of four 24 cm (9.4 in) SK L/40 guns in twin gun turrets, one fore and one aft of the central superstructure. Her secondary armament consisted of eighteen 15 cm (5.9 inch) SK L/40 guns and twelve 8.8 cm (3.45 in) SK L/30 quick-firing guns. She also carried twelve machine guns, but these were later removed. The armament suite was rounded out with six torpedo tubes, all in above-water swivel mounts. The ship's belt armor was thick, and the deck was thick. The conning tower and main battery turrets were protected with of armor plating, and the secondary casemates received of armor protection. 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 Kaiser Friedrich III」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|