Kaiser Karl VI 1900
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Kaiser Karl VI | 297 | STT, San Rocco | 1.6.1896 | 4.10.1898 | 23.5.1900 | to United Kingdom 1920, BU |
Displacement normal, t |
6166 |
Displacement full, t |
6864 |
Length, m |
119.0 oa 117.9 wl |
Breadth, m |
17.3 |
Draught, m |
6.75 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 4-cyl VTE, 18 Belleville boilers |
Power, h. p. |
12000 |
Max speed, kts |
20.8 |
Fuel, t |
coal 820 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 3500(10) |
Armour, mm | Harvey; belt: 220 - 170, turrets: 200, casemates: 80, deck: 60 - 40, CT: 200 - 100 |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 238/37 G. L/40 K.94, 8 x 1 - 149/37 G. L/40 K.96, 2 x 1 - 66/16 G. L/18, 16 x 1 - 47/40 SFK L/44 S, 2 x 1 - 47/30 SFK L/33 H, 2 x 1 - 8.80, 2 - 450 TT (beam) |
Complement |
535 |
Project history: Improved version of previous ship.
Ship protection: The belt was 220-170mm. Main guns turrets had up to 200mm protection, 15cm guns were protected by 80mm casemates. There was 60-40mm protective deck. CT had 200-100mm sides.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Kaiser Karl VI was ceded as war reparation to UK, but sold to Italy and scrapped there.
Kaiser Karl VI 1909
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014