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KAISER KARL IV armoured cruiser (1900)

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