SMS Helgoland

Survived

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

Fought at Jutland.

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Linienschiff "SMS Helgoland" Linienschiff "S.M.S. Helgoland" der Helgoland-Klasse, Ansicht der Backbord-Seite Photo: UnknownUnknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 de · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

12 × 30.5 cm (12 in) SK L/50 guns
14 × 15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/45 guns
14 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/45 guns
6 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

Belt: 300 mm (11.8 in)
Turrets: 300 mm
Deck: 63.5 mm (2.50 in)

Builder	Howaldtswerke, Kiel
Laid down	11 November 1908
Launched	25 September 1909
Commissioned	23 August 1911
Displacement	Normal: 22,808 t (22,448 long tons) Full load: 24,700 t (24,300 long tons)
Length	167.20 m (548 ft 7 in)
Speed	20.8 knots (38.5 km/h; 23.9 mph)
Complement	42 officers 1071 enlisted

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

Career

Launched

25 September 1909

Battle of Jutland

Survived

31 May – 1 June 1916

Fate

Survived

Ceded to Great Britain in 1920. Scrapped in 1921