SMS Hessen

Survived

Type	Pre-dreadnought battleship
Class	Braunschweig
War	First World War
Main guns	4 × 28 cm (11 in) SK L/40 guns

Pre-dreadnought 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 "Hessen" Linienschiff "Hessen" (später Zielschiff) Photo: UnknownUnknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 de · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

4 × 28 cm (11 in) SK L/40 guns
14 × 17 cm (6.7 in) SK L/40 guns
18 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/35 guns
6 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

Belt: 110 to 250 mm (4.3 to 9.8 in)
Turrets: 250 mm (9.8 in)
Deck: 40 mm (1.6 in)

Builder	Germaniawerft, Kiel
Laid down	15 January 1902
Launched	18 September 1903
Commissioned	19 September 1905
Displacement	Normal: 13,208 t (12,999 long tons) Full load: 14,394 t (14,167 long tons)
Length	127.7 m (419 ft) (loa)
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	35 officers 708 enlisted men

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

Career

Launched

18 September 1903

Battle of Jutland

Survived

31 May – 1 June 1916

Fate

Survived

Scrapped, 1960