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SMS ''Schleswig-Holstein'' () was the last of the five s built by the German Kaiserliche Marine. The ship, named for the province of Schleswig-Holstein, was laid down in the Germaniawerft dockyard in Kiel in August 1905 and commissioned into the fleet nearly three years later. The ships of her class were already outdated by the time they entered service, being inferior in size, armor, firepower and speed to the new generation of dreadnought battleships. ''Schleswig-Holstein'' fought in both World Wars. During World War I, she saw front-line service in the II Battle Squadron of the High Seas Fleet, culminating in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916. ''Schleswig-Holstein'' saw action during the engagement, and was hit by one large-caliber shell. After the battle, ''Schleswig-Holstein'' was relegated to guard duty in the mouth of the Elbe River before being decommissioned in late 1917. As one of the few battleships permitted for Germany by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, ''Schleswig-Holstein'' was again pressed into fleet service in the 1920s. In 1935, the old battleship was converted into a training ship for naval cadets. ''Schleswig-Holstein'' fired the first shots of World War II when she bombarded the Polish base at Danzig's Westerplatte in the early morning hours of 1 September 1939. The ship was used as a training vessel for the majority of the war, and was sunk by British bombers in Gotenhafen in December 1944. ''Schleswig-Holstein'' was subsequently salvaged and then beached for use by the Soviet Navy as a target. As of 1990, the ship's bell was on display in the Bundeswehr Military History Museum in Dresden. == Construction == (詳細はGermaniawerft dockyard in Kiel. She was launched on 17 December 1906, the last pre-dreadnought battleship of the German navy. The British battleship —armed with ten 12-inch (30.5 cm) guns—had already been commissioned earlier that month, with a revolutionary design that rendered every battleship of the German navy obsolescent, including ''Schleswig-Holstein''. At ''Schleswig-Holstein''s launching ceremony, she was christened by Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, the German Empress; Wilhelm II was also in attendance. Ernst Gunther, the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, gave the commissioning speech. ''Schleswig-Holstein'' had a length of , a beam of , and a draft of . She displaced normally and up to at combat loading. She was equipped with three triple expansion engines and twelve coal-fired water-tube boilers that produced a rated and a top speed of . In addition to being the fastest ship of her class, ''Schleswig-Holstein'' was the second-most fuel efficient. At a cruising speed of , she could steam for . She had a standard crew of 35 officers and 708 enlisted men. The ship's primary armament consisted of four 28 cm SK L/40 guns in two twin turrets; one turret was placed forward and the other aft. 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 below the waterline. One was in the bow, one in the stern, and four on the broadside. Her armored belt was thick amidships, and she had a thick armored deck. The main battery turrets had thick sides. 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 Schleswig-Holstein」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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