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Westfalen

SMS Westfalen

Survived

Imperial German Navy

TypeDreadnought battleship
ClassNassau
WarFirst World War
Main guns12 × 11″ guns

Fought at Jutland.

German battleship SMS Westfalen. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 12 × 28 cm (11 in) SK L/45 guns
  • 12 × 15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/45 guns
  • 16 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/45 guns
  • 6 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Belt: 300 mm (11.8 in)
  • Turrets: 280 mm (11 in)
  • Battery: 160 mm (6.3 in)
  • Conning Tower: 300 mm
  • Torpedo bulkhead: 30 mm (1.2 in)
BuilderAG Weser, Bremen
Laid down12 August 1907
Launched1 July 1908
Commissioned16 November 1909
DisplacementNormal: 18,873 t (18,575 long tons) Full load: 21,000 t (21,000 long tons)
Length146.1 m (479 ft 4 in)
SpeedDesigned: 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) Maximum: 20.2 knots (37.4 km/h; 23.2 mph)
Complement40 officers 968 men

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

Career

Launched

1 July 1908

31 May – 1 June 1916

Fate

Survived

Ceded to the Allies, 1920. Scrapped, 1924