SMS Kaiser Karl Der Grosse
SMS Kaiser Karl der Grosse (His Majesty's Ship "Charles the Great") was a German pre-dreadnought battleship of the Kaiser Friedrich III class, built around the turn of the 20th Century for the German Imperial Navy. Kaiser Karl der Grosse was built in Hamburg, at the Blohm and Voss shipyard. She was laid down in September 1898, and completed in February 1902, at the cost of 20,385,000 Marks. The ship was armed with four 24-centimeter (9.4 in) guns in two twin gun turrets and had a top speed of 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph).
Kaiser Karl der Grosse served with the active fleet until 1910, by which time the new "all-big-gun" dreadnought battleships were entering service. As the ship was completely obsolete, she was withdrawn from active service and placed in the Reserve Fleet. At the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, the ship was placed back in active duty as a coastal defense ship, though by February 1915 she was again placed in reserve. Kaiser Karl der Grosse ended her career as a prison ship in Wilhelmshaven. Following the German defeat in November 1918, the ship was sold to ship-breakers and scrapped in 1920.
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