SMS Bayern (1878)
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SMS Bayern
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 German Empire
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| Name: | SMS Bayern |
| Builder: | Imperial Dockyard, Kiel |
| Laid down: | 1874 |
| Launched: | 13 May 1878 |
| Commissioned: | 4 August 1881 |
| Struck: | 19 Feb 1910 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1919 |
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| Class and type: | Sachsen-class armoured frigate |
| Displacement: | 7,677 t (7,556 long tons; 8,462 short tons) |
| Length: | 98.2 m (322 ft) |
| Beam: | 18.4 m (60 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 Bayern was one of four Sachsen-class armored frigates of the German Imperial Navy. Her sister ships were Sachsen, Baden, and Württemberg. Named for Bavaria, Bayern was built by the Imperial Dockyard in Kiel from 1874 to 1881. The ship was commissioned into the Imperial Navy in August 1881. She was armed with a main battery of six 26 cm (10 in) guns in two open barbettes.
After her commissioning, Bayern served with the fleet on numerous training exercises and cruises. She participated in several cruises escorting Kaiser Wilhelm II on state visits to Great Britain and to various cities in the Baltic Sea in the late 1880s and early 1890s. During 1895–1898, the ship was modernized at the Schichau-Werke dockyard in Danzig; she served for another decade with the fleet before being withdrawn from active service in 1910. She was used as a target ship after 1911, until she was sold in 1919 and broken up for scrap.
Bayern was ordered by the Imperial Navy under the contract name "A," which denoted that the vessel was a new addition to the fleet. She was built at the Imperial Dockyard in Wilhelmshaven; her keel was laid in 1874 under construction number 3. The ship was launched on 13 May 1878 and commissioned into the German fleet on 4 August 1881. Along with her three sisters, Bayern was the first large, armored warship built for the German navy that relied entirely on engines for propulsion.
The ship was 98.2 meters (322 ft) long overall and had a beam of 18.4 m (60 ft) and a draft of 6.32 m (20.7 ft) forward.Bayern 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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