SMS Hildebrand |
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| Career (German Empire) | |
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| Name: | Hildebrand |
| Namesake: | Hildebrand |
| Builder: | Kaiserliche Werft in Kiel |
| Laid down: | 9 December 1890 |
| Launched: | 6 August 1892 |
| Commissioned: | 28 October 1893 |
| Fate: | Struck from naval list, 17 June 1919; sunk off Dutch coast, 21 December 1919 |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Class and type: | Siegfried-class coast defense ship |
| Displacement: | 3,500 metric tons (3,400 long tons) |
| Length: | 76.4 m (250.7 ft) waterline; 79 m (259.2 ft) overall |
| Beam: | 14.9 m (48.9 ft) |
| Draft: | 5.7 m (18.7 ft) |
| Installed power: | 4,800 ihp (3,600 kW) |
| Propulsion: |
2 shafts, 2 Triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Range: | 4,800 nmi (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 276 |
| Armament: |
3 × 1 - 240 mm (9.4 in) guns |
| Armor: | Waterline belt: 180–240 mm (7.1–9.4 in) Deck: 30 mm (1.2 in) Gun turrets: 200 mm (7.9 in) Barbettes: 200 mm (7.9 in) Conning tower: 180 mm (7.1 in) |
The SMS Hildebrand (known during its construction as fourth class ironclad R or Panzerschiffs IV. Klasse R) was a coastal defence ship of the Kaiserliche Marine. It was the fifth ship of the Siegfried class, all of which were originally classified as fourth class ironclads but redesignated coastal defence ships in 1899. It was named after the mythological figure Hildebrand.
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