SMS Grosser Kurfürst

Scuttled

Type	Dreadnought battleship
Class	König
War	First World War
Main guns	10 × 12″ guns

Damaged at Jutland; mined during Operation Albion in 1917. Interned at Scapa Flow after the armistice and scuttled there by her crew on 21 June 1919.

A recognition drawing of the German battleship König prepared by the Royal Navy's Intelligence department that was distributed to the fleet in 1918. Photo: British Naval Intelligence, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

10 × 30.5 cm (12 in) guns
14 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns
10 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) guns
5 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

Belt: 12 to 35 cm (4.7 to 13.8 in)
Deck: 6 to 10 cm (2.4 to 3.9 in)
Conning tower: 30 cm (11.8 in)
Turrets: 30 cm
Casemates: 15 cm

Builder	AG Vulcan, Hamburg
Laid down	October 1911
Launched	5 May 1913
Commissioned	30 July 1914
Displacement	Normal: 25,796 t (25,389 long tons) Full load: 28,600 t (28,100 long tons)
Length	175.4 m (575 ft 6 in)
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement	41 officers 1,095 enlisted men

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

5 May 1913

Battle of Jutland

Damaged

31 May – 1 June 1916

Battle of Moon Sound

Damaged

16 October – 3 November 1917

Mined

Fate

Scuttled

Scuttled 21 June 1919 in Gutter Sound; raised 29 April 1938 and sold for scrap