SMS Württemberg (1878)
Painting of SMS Württemberg
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| Name: | SMS Württemberg |
| Builder: | AG Vulcan in Stettin |
| Launched: | 9 November 1878 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1920 |
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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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| Propulsion: | Two four-bladed screws |
| Speed: | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Range: | 1,940 nmi (3,590 km; 2,230 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
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SMS Württemberg was one of four Sachsen-class armored frigates of the German Imperial Navy. Her sister ships were Sachsen, Bayern, and Baden. Württemberg was built in the AG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin from 1876 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, Württemberg 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 1898–1899, the ship was modernized at the Imperial Dockyard in Kiel; she served for another seven years with the fleet before being withdrawn from active service in 1906. She was subsequently used in a variety of secondary roles, until she was sold in 1920 and broken up for scrap.
Württemberg was ordered by the Imperial Navy under the contract name "D," which denoted that the vessel was a new addition to the fleet. She was built at the AG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin; her keel was laid in 1876 under construction number 78. The ship was launched on 9 November 1878 and commissioned into the German fleet on 9 May 1881. Along with her three sisters, Württemberg 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.Württemberg 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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