Main Armament: |
Four 28 cm. quick firing guns of 40 calibres length, in two double
turrets, one each fore and aft.
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Secondary and Tertiary Armaments: |
Fourteen 17 cm. quick firing guns of 40 calibres length, in casemates.
Twenty 88 mm. quick firing guns of 35 calibres length. Six 45 cm. torpedo tubes,
arranged two each port and starboard, one bow, one stern on starboard side.
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Armor: |
Armoured bulkhead: 170mm...Side armour: 100mm stern, 240 sides/tapered
towards waterline to 140mm, 100mm bow...Horizontal armour: 40mm armoured
deck, 67-97mm incline armour...Heavy gun turrets: 280mm front, 50mm tops...
Casemates 160-170mm...Conning tower: 300mm forward, 140mm after part.
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Machinery: |
Twelve coal-fired naval boilers feeding three triple expansion reciprocating
engines, developing 20,000 i.h.p. at 18.0 knots. Supplimental oil firing
installed from 1915. Three propellers, one midships rudder. Trial performances
were, DEUTSCHLAND 18.2 kn/18,500 ihp; HANNOVER 18.6 kn/19,620 ihp; POMMERN
18.9 kn/20,540 ihp; SCHLESIEN 19.1 kn/21,818 ihp; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN 19.2 kn/
23,456 ihp.
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