SMS Sachsen (1916)
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| Career |
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|---|---|
| Laid down: | 7 April 1914 |
| Launched: | 21 November 1916 |
| Fate: | Scrapped incomplete 1921 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft Kiel |
| Displacement: | 32,200 tons |
| Length: | 182.4 m |
| Beam: | 30.0 m |
| Draft: | 9.4 m |
| Propulsion: | 54,000 shp |
| Speed: | 22 knots |
| Range: | 5000 km at 12 knots |
| Complement: | 1271 |
| Armament: | 8 x 38 cm guns 16 x 15 cm guns 2 x 8.8 cm guns 5 x 60 cm torpedo tubes |
SMS Sachsen was a Bayern class battleship launched but never completed for service in the German Imperial Navy during World War I.
Sachsen was laid down as the third member of the Bayern class and the 44th battleship of the Imperial Navy. Construction was begun at Germaniawerft on Kiel, and the ship was launched on 21 November 1916. However, construction was never completed, and the ship never joined the first two vessels in service. Ultimately, Sachsen was scrapped at its pier in 1922.
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