SMS Charlotte

Charlotte in 1897
History
German Empire
Name:	Charlotte
Builder:	Imperial Shipyard Wilhelmshaven
Launched:	5 September 1885
Commissioned:	1 November 1886
Decommissioned:	26 May 1909
In service:	20 October 1914
Out of service:	4 November 1914
Fate:	sold in 1921
General characteristics
Displacement:	3,763 t (3,704 long tons)
Length:	83.85 m (275 ft 1 in) o/a
Beam:	14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)
Draught:	6.04–6.86 m (19 ft 10 in–22 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:	3,119 PS (2,294 kW; 3,076 ihp)
Sail plan:	2,360 m2 (25,400 sq ft) full-rigged
Speed:	13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)
Range:	2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement:	20 officers, 486 enlisted
Armament:	18 × 15 cm (5.9 in) L/22 hoop guns 2 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) L/30 QF guns 6 × 37 mm (1.5 in) L/37 guns
General characteristics (after 1899 refit)
Armament:	6 × 15 cm (5.9 in) L/22 guns 2 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/35 guns 14 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) L/30 guns 4 × 37 mm (1.5 in) L/37 guns[1]

The SMS Charlotte was a German Kreuzerfregatte (Cruiser-Frigate) which was launched on 5 September 1885, slightly prior to the international battleship arms-race which began in the 1890s. The ship participated in the Luders Affair of 1897 and was retired from service in November 1914.

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