SMS Prinzregent Luitpold

Scuttled

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

Fought at Jutland. Interned at Scapa Flow after the armistice and scuttled there by her crew on 21 June 1919.

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Großlinienschiff "SMS Prinzregent Luitpold" Großlinienschiff der Kaiser-Klasse "S.M.S. Prinzregent Luitpold" auf See, Ansicht der Backbord- Photo: Arthur Renard, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

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

Armour

Belt 350 mm (13.8 in)
Conning tower: 400 mm (15.7 in)
Turrets: 300 mm (11.8 in)

Builder	Germaniawerft, Kiel
Laid down	October 1910
Launched	17 February 1912
Commissioned	19 August 1913
Displacement	Normal: 24,724 t (24,334 long tons) Full load: 27,000 t (27,000 long tons)
Length	172.4 m (565 ft 7 in)
Speed	21.7 knots (40.2 km/h; 25.0 mph)

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

Career

Launched

17 February 1912

Battle of Jutland

Survived

31 May – 1 June 1916

Fate

Scuttled

Scuttled at Gutter Sound, Scapa Flow, 21 June 1919