SMS Friedrich der Große (1874)
Friedrich der Grosse in 1887
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| Name: | SMS Friedrich der Große |
| Namesake: | King Frederick the Great |
| Builder: | Kaiserliche Werft, Kiel |
| Laid down: | 1871 |
| Launched: | 20 September 1874 |
| Commissioned: | 22 November 1877 |
| Struck: | 21 January 1919 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1920 |
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| Class and type: | Preussen-class ironclad |
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| Length: | 96.59 m (316 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 16.30 m (53 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 7.11 m (23 ft 4 in) |
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| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Range: | 1,690 nmi (3,130 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
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SMS Friedrich der Grosse (or Große ) was an armored frigate of the German Kaiserliche Marine. She was the second of three Preussen-class ironclads, in addition to her two sister-ships Preussen and Grosser Kurfürst. Named for Frederick the Great, she was laid down at the Imperial Dockyard in Kiel in 1871 and completed in 1877. Her main battery of four 26 cm (10 in) guns was mounted pair of twin gun turrets amidships.
Friedrich der Grosse served with the fleet from her commissioning until 1896, though she was frequently placed in reserve throughout her career. The ship was a regular participant in the annual fleet training maneuvers conducted with the exception of the mid-1880s, when she was temporarily replaced by newer vessels. She participated in several cruises in the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas, often escorting Kaiser Wilhelm II on official state visits. The ship was removed from active service in 1896, after which she was used in secondary roles until 1919, when she was stricken from the naval register and sold to a scrapyard. Friedrich der Grosse was broken up for scrap the following year.
Friedrich der Grosse was ordered by the Imperial Navy from the Imperial Dockyard in Kiel; her keel was laid in 1871 under construction number 1. The ship was launched on 20 September 1874 and commissioned into the German fleet on 22 November 1877. Although laid down a year before her sister Preussen, Friedrich der Grosse was not completed until a year after; this was because she was built at a newly established and inexperienced Imperial Dockyard, while Preussen was built by AG Vulcan, an experienced private shipbuilder. The ship cost the German government 7,303,000 gold marks.
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