Friedrich Der Grosse

Friedrich der Grosse (spelled Große in German) is the German name for Frederick the Great, a ruler of Prussia. It is also the name of a number of German-built ships, namely:

  • SMS Friedrich der Grosse (1911): A battleship with 24,700 ton displacement
  • SMS Friedrich der Große (1874): An armored frigate with 6,800 ton displacement
  • Friedrich der Große (1896): A civilian passenger ship with 10,500 ton displacement
  • German battleship Friedrich der Grosse: An unfinished battleship of the H class
This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.

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