Braunschweig-class battleship

The Braunschweig-class battleships were a group of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Kaiserliche Marine built in the early 1900s. They were the first class of battleships authorized under the Second Naval Law, a major naval expansion program. The class comprised five ships—Braunschweig, Elsass, Hessen, Preussen, and Lothringen—and they were an improvement over the preceding Wittelsbach class. The Braunschweigs mounted a more powerful armament of 28 cm (11 in) and 17 cm (6.7 in) guns. Less than two years after the first members of the class entered service, the ships were rendered obsolescent by the British all-big-gun battleship Dreadnought, which curtailed their careers.

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1902  Wikimedia, Wikidata
draft 8.16 metre, speed 18.7 knot, length 127.7 metre, beam 25.6 metre, 
pre-dreadnought battleship, Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Imperial German Navy, Kriegsmarine, German Reich, Nazi Germany, 

SMS Preussen, 

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  SMS Braunschweig ⓘ
  1902 Braunschweig-class battleship

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  SMS Elsass ⓘ
  1903 Braunschweig-class battleship

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  SMS Hessen ⓘ
  1903 Braunschweig-class battleship

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  SMS Lothringen ⓘ
  1904 Braunschweig-class battleship

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  SMS Preussen ⓘ
  1903 Braunschweig-class battleship

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Bundesarchiv DVM 10 Bild-23-61-31, Linienschiff der Braunschweig-Klasse

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Braunschweig	Braunschweig-class battleship, pre-dreadnought battleship, lead ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Elsass	pre-dreadnought battleship, Braunschweig-class battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Hessen	pre-dreadnought battleship, Braunschweig-class battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Lothringen	pre-dreadnought battleship, Braunschweig-class battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Preussen	Braunschweig-class battleship, pre-dreadnought battleship	Wikidata
commons	image		Bundesarchiv DVM 10 Bild-23-61-31, Linienschiff der Braunschweig-Klasse		Commons