Nassau-class battleship

The Nassau class was a group of four dreadnought battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine in the early 1900s. The class comprised Nassau, the lead ship, Westfalen, Rheinland, and Posen. All four ships were laid down in mid-1907, and completed by late 1910. They were Germany's first dreadnought class, and though commonly perceived as having been built in response to the British Dreadnought, their design traces its origin to 1903; they were in fact a response to Dreadnought's predecessors of the Lord Nelson class. The Nassaus adopted a main battery of twelve 28 cm (11 in) guns in six twin-gun turrets in an unusual hexagonal arrangement. Unlike many other dreadnoughts, the Nassau-class ships retained triple-expansion steam engines instead of more powerful steam turbines.

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SMS Posen, SMS Rheinland, 

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  SMS Nassau ⓘ
  1908 Nassau-class battleship

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  SMS Posen ⓘ
  1908 Nassau-class battleship

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  SMS Rheinland ⓘ
  1908 Nassau-class battleship

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  SMS Westfalen ⓘ
  1908 Nassau-class battleship

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Nassau	dreadnought, Nassau-class battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Posen	dreadnought, Nassau-class battleship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Rheinland	Nassau-class battleship, dreadnought	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS Westfalen	dreadnought, Nassau-class battleship	Wikidata
commons	image		SMS Posem		Commons