SMS Baden |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
Bayern (Class Overview) |
Builder: |
F. Schichau Danzig, Germany |
Pennant Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Commissioned: |
October 19, 1916 |
Keel Laid: |
September 29, 1913 |
Decommissioned: |
N/A |
Launched: |
October 30, 1915 |
Stricken: |
N/A |
Fate: |
Sunk as target Aug. 16, 1921 southwest of Portsmouth, England. (Interned at Scapa Flow with the High Seas Fleet) |
Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
590' 6" |
Engines: |
2 marine type steam turbines |
Beam: |
98' 4" |
Boilers: |
Schulz-Thorneycroft |
Draft: |
28' 6" |
Shafts: |
3 |
Displacement: |
28,330 std. / 31,950 full |
SHP: |
48,000 |
Speed: |
22 knots |
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Crew: |
1,271 |
Range: |
5,000 NM @ 10 knots |
Armament As Built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
8 |
15"/45 (380mm) SK L/45 |
4 twin turrets |
25,370 yards @20° (14.4 miles) (when used as coastal artillery max range 52,000 yards) |
16 |
5.9"/45 (150mm) SK L/45 |
single mounts |
19,250 yards @ 30° |
4 |
3.5"/45 (88mm) SK L/45 |
single mounts |
12,900 yards @ 45° |
5 |
23.6" (60cm) torpedo tubes |
single tubes all submerged 4 broadside 1 bow |
H-8 torpedoes 6,550 yards @ 36 knots 15,310 yards @ 30 knots 463 lb. Hexanite charge |
Notes |
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June 21, 1919: |
Scuttled at Scapa Flow with the High Seas Fleet but towed to shallow water and raised in July 1919. |