SMS Fürst Bismarck

SMS Fürst Bismarck was Germany's first armored cruiser, built for the Kaiserliche Marine in the late 1890s. Ordered in response to widespread foreign adoption of the ship type, the Germans built Fürst Bismarck to serve abroad in the German colonial empire and as a scout for the main fleet in home waters. The ship's design emerged from a failed 1890s design competition that was heavily influenced by the new emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II. Though that failed to produce a workable design, further efforts resulted in the development of Fürst Bismarck, which was in many respects a cruiser version of the contemporary Kaiser Friedrich III class of battleships. Fürst Bismarck carried the same main battery of four 24 cm (9.4 in) guns as the battleships, but was faster due to a longer, lighter hull and more powerful engines.

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Fürst Bismarck
speed 18.7 knot, length 127 metre, draft 8.46 metre, beam 20.4 metre, 
armored cruiser, Kaiserliche Werft Kiel, Imperial German Navy, 

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1900 SMS Fürst Bismarck

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World War I

1896-04-01T00:00:00Z

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keel laying

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ship commissioning

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ship launching

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Frameless

S.M. Grosser Kreuzer Fürst Bismarck - restoration, borderless

Die Gartenlaube (1897) b 724

Aufen (Donaueschingen)-4505

S.M. Grosser Kreuzer Fürst Bismarck

SMS Fürst Bismarck USA

SMS Furst Bismarck

Furst Bismarck - Germ. LCCN2014696880

Der Weltverkehr und seine Mittel, mit einer Übersicht über Welthandel und Weltwirtschaft; (1913) (14574318647)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
commons	image		S.M. Grosser Kreuzer Fürst Bismarck - restoration, borderless		Commons
commons	image		Die Gartenlaube (1897) b 724		Commons
commons	image		Aufen (Donaueschingen)-4505		Commons
commons	image		S.M. Grosser Kreuzer Fürst Bismarck		Commons
commons	image		SMS Fürst Bismarck USA		Commons
commons	image		SMS Furst Bismarck		Commons
commons	image		Furst Bismarck - Germ. LCCN2014696880		Commons
commons	image		Der Weltverkehr und seine Mittel, mit einer Übersicht über Welthandel und Weltwirtschaft; (1913) (14574318647)		Commons