SMS Konig
SMS König was the first of four König-class dreadnought battleships of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. König (English: King) was named in honor of King William II of Württemberg. Laid down in October 1911, the ship was launched on 1 March 1913. Final construction on König was completed shortly after the outbreak of World War I; she was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet on 9 August 1914.
History
Namesake: King William II of Württemberg
Builder: Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven
Laid Down: October 1911
Commissioned: 10 August 1914
Fate: Scuttled 21 June 1919 in Gutter Sound, Scapa Flow
General Characteristics
Class and Type: König-class dreadnought battleship
Displacement:
Normal: 25,796 t (25,389 long tons)
Full load: 28,600 t (28,100 long tons)
Length: 175.4 m (575 ft 6 in)
Beam: 29.5 m (96 ft 9 in)
Draft: 9.19 m (30 ft 2 in)
Installed power:
3 × oil-fired water-tube boilers
12 × coal-fired water-tube boilers
45,570 shp (33,980 kW)
Propulsion:
3 × steam turbines
3 × screw propellers
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range: 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement: 41 officers and 1,095 enlisted men
Armament:
10 × 30.5 cm (12 in) guns
14 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns
10 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) guns (not enxistent)
5 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armour:
Belt: 12 to 35 cm (4.7 to 13.8 in)
Deck: 6 to 10 cm (2.4 to 3.9 in)
Conning tower: 30 cm (11.8 in)
Turrets: 30 cm
Casemates: 15 cm
Along with her three sister ships, Grosser Kurfürst, Markgraf, and Kronprinz, König took part in most of the fleet actions during the war. As the leading ship in the German line on 31 May 1916 in the Battle of Jutland, König was heavily engaged by several British battleships and suffered ten large-caliber shell hits. In October 1917, she forced the Russian pre-dreadnought battleship Slava to scuttle herself in the Battle of Moon Sound, which followed Germany's successful Operation Albion.
König was interned, along with the majority of the High Seas Fleet, at Scapa Flow in November 1918 following the Armistice. On 21 June 1919, Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter gave the order to scuttle the fleet, including König, while the British guard ships were out of the harbor on exercises. Unlike most of the scuttled ships, König was never raised for scrapping; the wreck is still on the bottom of the bay.
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Notes
- Vessel's controls and instructions are written ingame.
Specifications
Spotlights
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Dreadnought Challenge (1906-1920) [CLOSED]
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 99.2ft (30.2m)
- Length 594.3ft (181.1m)
- Height 184.1ft (56.1m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 114,554lbs (51,961kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.147
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.026
- Wing Loading N/A
- Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
- Drag Points 475640
Parts
- Number of Parts 1181
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 4,361
Official evaluation
Additional Points (-0, +2):
+2 for using vanilla props and still making them look like normal ship propellers
Total: 60
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