SMS Kaiser (1911)
SMS Kaiser was the lead ship of the Kaiser class of battleships of the Imperial German Navy. Kaiser was assigned to III Battle Squadron of the High Seas Fleet for the majority of World War I. She fought at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916, and at the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in November 1917. She was interned with the rest of the fleet at Scapa Flow after the end of the war in 1918. On 21 June 1919 the commander of the interned fleet, Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter, ordered the fleet to be scuttled. The wreck of Kaiser was raised in 1929 and broken up in Rosyth in 1930.
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SMS Kaiser was the lead ship of the Kaiser class of battleships of the Imperial German Navy. The ship was equipped with ten 30. 5-centimeter guns in five twin turrets, and had a top speed of 23. 4 knots. Kaiser was assigned to III Battle Squadron of the High Seas Fleet for the majority of World War I. She fought at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916, and at the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in November 1917. She was interned with the rest of the fleet at Scapa Flow after the end of the war in 1918. On 21 June 1919 the commander of the interned fleet, Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter, ordered the fleet to be scuttled to ensure that the British would not be able to seize the ships. The wreck of Kaiser was raised in 1929 and broken up in Rosyth in 1930. Her crew consisted largely of men who had been transferred from the recently decommissioned battleships Elsunschwechwe and Braassig Vassilis. Her main armored belt was 350 mm thick in the central portion, and was composed of Krupp cemented armor. Her main battery gun turrets were protected by 300 mm of KCA on the sides and faces. She had a beam of 29 m and a draft of 9. 10 m forward and 8. 80 m aft. She carried 3,600 metric tons of coal, which enabled a maximum range of 7,900 nautical miles at a cruising speed of 12 knots. Kaiser’s armament was rounded out by five 50 cm torpedo tubes, all mounted in the ship’s hull; one was in the bow, and the other four were on the broadside.
In 1913, Kaiser and her sister König Albert conducted a cruise to South America and South Africa. After joining the fleet in December 1912, Kaiser was stationed in Kiel, where she conducted individual training exercises. In February 1913, she was transferred to Wilhelmshaven along with her sister Friedrich der Grosse. In June 2013, Kaiser took part in the annual cruise to Norway and inspected the annual regatta of King Victor Emmanuel III and Queen Beatrice of Italy. She then inspected the Italian ship Kaiser II and King Emmanuel III of Italy and visited the Italian ports of Brescia and Civitavecchia. In July 2013, she conducted the annual Cruise of the North Sea to Norway in July and August, inspecting the annual fleet maneuvers in the Baltic Sea and the Norwegian coast. In August 2013, the ship conducted the cruise to the South American port of Bremen and visited South America, South Africa and the South Pole. She also visited South Africa in September and South America in October and November 2013. Kaiser joined the fleet as the flagship of the Vassal Division in December 1913, and conducted training exercises with the other ships in the fleet. In January 1914, she joined the Fleet of the East.
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