SMS Goeben
Survived
Imperial German Navy, then Ottoman Navy
| Type | Battlecruiser |
|---|---|
| Class | Moltke |
| War | First World War |
| Main guns | 10 × 28 cm (11 in) /50 SK guns |
Service
| 1912–1914 | Goeben | |
| from 1914 | Yavuz Sultan Selim Transferred to the Ottoman navy, keeping her German crew; Turkish navy after 1923 |
German battlecruiser that escaped to Constantinople in August 1914 with Breslau and was transferred to the Ottoman navy with her German crew. As Yavuz Sultan Selim she raided the Black Sea, fought the Russian fleet off Cape Sarych and was mined after Imbros in 1918. Served Turkey until 1950 and was scrapped in the 1970s.
Armament and specifications
Armament
- 10 × 28 cm (11 in) /50 SK guns
- 12 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns
- 12 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) guns
Armour
- Belt: 76 to 280 mm (3 to 11 in)
- Barbettes: 230 mm (9.1 in)
- Gun turrets: 230 mm
- Deck: 25 to 76 mm (1 to 3 in)
| Builder | Blohm & Voss |
|---|---|
| Laid down | 12 August 1909 |
| Launched | 28 March 1911 |
| Commissioned | 2 July 1912 |
| Displacement | Design: 22,979 t (22,616 long tons) Full load: 25,400 t (25,000 long tons) |
| Length | 186.6 m (612 ft 2 in) |
| Speed | Design: 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph) |
| Complement | 43 officers 1,010 men |
As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.
Career
Launched
28 March 1911
29 October 1914
shelled Sevastopol
18 November 1914
13 killed
20 January 1918
mined and grounded
Fate
Survived
Scrapped in 1973–1976