Battleships - German "Nassau" Class

Battleships

German "Nassau" Class

- Dreadnoughts -

These ships (Nassau, Westfalen, Rheinland, Posen) were the first German dreadnaughts. Their main armament was placed in six dual turrets.

	Technical Data
	Built: Displacement: Dimensions: Propulsion: Max. Speed: Range: Crew:	1907-1910 15,452 / 20,210 ts 145 × 23.2 ×8.1 m 22,000 IHP; 12 boilers; VTE engines; 3 shafts 20 kts ? nm / ? kts 1,008 (1,124 - 1,139 during wartime)
	Tactical Data
	Main Armament: Secondary: Minor/QF: Armour: Torpedoes: Searchlights:	12×280 cal 45 [6×2] 12×150 cal 45 16×88 cal xx belt: 78..300; 51..280 (barbettes); deck: 25+38; turrets: 200..280; conning tower: 80..400 mm 6×450 (below waterline) ?


	Nassau - laid down at Wilhelmshaven Navy Shipyard on 22 July 1907; launched on 1 July 1908; commissioned on 1 October 1909; ceded to Japan for reparation in April 1920; scrapped at Dordrecht 1921
	Westfalen - laid down at Weser AG 12 August 1907; launched 26 September 1908; commissioned 16 November 1909; used as gunnery training ship September 1918; ceded to Great Britain for reparation in August 1920; scrapped at Brikenhead 1924
	Rheinland - laid down at Vulcan, Stettin, 1 June 1907; launched 26 September 1908; commissioned 30 April 1910; run aground 11 April 1918, guns and armor removed before floating; used for accomodation until 1918; scrapped at Dordrecht 1921
	Posen - laid down at Germaniawerft, Kiel, on 11 June 1907; 1908-12-12: launched; 1910-05-31: commissioned; ceded to Great Britain 1920; scrapped at Dordrecht 1922

Quellen/Sources: GG, AG99, MA 17, A.Toppan

Updated: 08/30/05