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SMS ''Rheinland'' was one of four s, the first dreadnoughts built for the German Imperial Navy (''Kaiserliche Marine''). ''Rheinland'' mounted twelve main guns in six twin turrets in an unusual hexagonal arrangement. The navy built ''Rheinland'' and her sister ships in response to the revolutionary British , which had been launched in 1906. ''Rheinland'' was laid down in June 1907, launched the following year in October, and commissioned in April 1910. ''Rheinland''s extensive service with the High Seas Fleet during World War I included several fleet advances into the North Sea, some in support of raids against the English coast conducted by the German battlecruisers of the I Scouting Group. These sorties culminated in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916, in which ''Rheinland'' was heavily engaged by British destroyers in close-range night fighting. The ship also saw duty in the Baltic Sea, as part of the support force for the Battle of the Gulf of Riga in 1915. She returned to the Baltic as the core of an expeditionary force to aid the White Finns in the Finnish Civil War in 1918, but ran aground shortly after arriving in the area. Significant portions of her armor and all her main guns had to be removed before she could be refloated. The damage done by the grounding was deemed too severe to justify repairs and ''Rheinland'' was decommissioned to be used as a barracks ship for the remainder of the war. In 1919, following the scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow, ''Rheinland'' was ceded to the Allies who, in turn, sold the vessel to ship-breakers in the Netherlands. The ship was eventually broken up for scrap metal starting in 1920. Her bell is on display at the Military History Museum of the Bundeswehr in Dresden. == Construction == (詳細はAG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin. Like her sister , construction proceeded under absolute secrecy; detachments of soldiers guarded the shipyard itself, as well as contractors such as Krupp that supplied building materials. The ship was launched on 26 September 1908; at the launching ceremony the ship was christened by Elisabeth of Wied and Clemens Freiherr von Schorlemer-Lieser gave a speech. Fitting-out work was completed by the end of February 1910. A dockyard crew was used for limited sea trials, which lasted from 23 February to 4 March 1910 off Swinemünde. She was then taken to Kiel, where she was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet on 30 April 1910. More sea trials followed in the Baltic Sea. The ship was long, wide, and had a draft of . She displaced with a normal load, and fully laden. She retained coal-fired 3-shaft triple expansion engines instead of more advanced turbine engines. This type of machinery was chosen at the request of both Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz and the Navy's construction department; the latter stated in 1905 that the "use of turbines in heavy warships does not recommend itself." ''Rheinland'' carried twelve guns in an unusual hexagonal configuration. Her secondary armament consisted of twelve guns and sixteen guns, all of which were mounted in casemates. The ship was also armed with six submerged torpedo tubes. One tube was mounted in the bow, another in the stern, and two on each broadside, on both ends of the torpedo bulkheads. 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 Rheinland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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