SMS Baden (1880)
Lithograph of Baden in 1900
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| Name: | SMS Baden |
| Builder: | Imperial Dockyard, Kiel |
| Laid down: | 1876 |
| Launched: | 28 July 1880 |
| Commissioned: | 24 September 1883 |
| Struck: | 24 October 1910 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1938 |
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| Class and type: | Sachsen-class ironclad |
| Displacement: | 7,677 t (7,556 long tons; 8,462 short tons) |
| Length: | 98.20 m (322.2 ft) |
| Beam: | 18.40 m (60.4 ft) |
| Draft: | 6.32 m (20.7 ft) |
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| Speed: | 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Range: | 1,940 nmi (3,590 km; 2,230 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
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SMS Baden was one of four Sachsen-class armored frigates of the German Imperial Navy. Her sister ships were Sachsen, Bayern, and Württemberg. Baden was built in the Imperial Dockyard in Kiel from 1876 to 1883. The ship was commissioned into the Imperial Navy in September 1883. She was armed with a main battery of six 26 cm (10 in) guns in two open barbettes.
After her commissioning, Baden served with the fleet on numerous training exercises and cruises in the 1880s and 1890s, during which she frequently simulated hostile naval forces. She participated in several cruises escorting Kaiser Wilhelm II on state visits to Great Britain and to various countries in the Baltic Sea in the late 1880s and early 1890s. During 1896–1897, the ship was extensively rebuilt at the Germaniawerft dockyard in Kiel. She was removed from active duty in 1910 and thereafter served in a number of secondary roles, finally serving as a target hulk in the 1920s and 1930s. She was sold in April 1938 and broken up in 1939–1940 in Kiel.
Baden was ordered by the Imperial Navy under the contract name "C," which denoted that the vessel was a new addition to the fleet. She was built at the Imperial Dockyard in Kiel; her keel was laid in 1876 under construction number 4. The ship was launched on 28 July 1880 and commissioned into the German fleet on 24 September 1883. Along with her three sisters, Baden was the first large, armored warship built for the German navy that relied entirely on engines for propulsion.
The ship was 98.20 meters (322.2 ft) long overall and had a beam of 18.40 m (60.4 ft) and a draft of 6.32 m (20.7 ft) forward.Baden was powered by two 3-cylinder triple expansion engines, which were supplied with steam by eight coal-fired Dürr boilers. The ship's top speed was 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph), at 5,600 indicated horsepower (4,200 kW) Her standard complement consisted of 32 officers and 285 enlisted men, though while serving as a squadron flagship this was augmented by another 7 officers and 34 men.
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